David Mikkelson
David Mikkelson founded the site now known as snopes.com back in 1994 as a creative outgrowth of his wide-ranging interests in a variety of subjects (particularly folklore) and his professional expertise in the computer industry. Handling everything from researching and writing articles about urban legends to managing the site’s technical infrastructure, David saw snopes.com (which antedated the development of automated search engines) quickly become the go-to place for Internet users to query about anything questionable they encountered online, establishing it as the oldest and best known online fact-checking outlet operating today. David’s educational background includes a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Texas (San Antonio) and about a zillion course hours of post-graduate classes at California State University Northridge taken with no particular degree program in mind. His previous employment encompassed stints with the News-Chronicle (newspaper), Teledyne Electronics, USPS, JPL, Digital Equipment Corporation, Rocketdyne, and Health Net (HMO).
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 7, 2012
Did George W. Bush accidentally vote for Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election?
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Nov. 6, 2012
A spurious Wikipedia edit led to the rumor that a tradition of celebrating Veterans Day with rav ...
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Nov. 6, 2012
NFL quarterback Tim Tebow issued a Tweet about the 2012 election results?
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Nov. 6, 2012
Have Republican presidential candidates won every election held on November 6th?
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Nov. 5, 2012
Is Mitt Romney facing federal ethics charges?
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Nov. 5, 2012
Photograph shows Barack Obama wearing an earpiece during a presidential debate?
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Nov. 3, 2012
Is FEMA hiring Hurricane Sandy cleanup crews in New Jersey?
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Nov. 2, 2012
Were Alabama utility crew workers turned away from helping repair storm-ravaged areas of New Jer ...
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Nov. 1, 2012
Fauxtography: Photograph purportedly shows the first female Air Force aerial gunner.
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Oct. 31, 2012
Various critical statements about the response to the September 2012 terrorist attacks on the U. ...
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Oct. 31, 2012
Has a Florida grand jury indicted Barack Obama and Joe Biden?
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Oct. 30, 2012
Can voters cast their ballots in the November 2012 general election by telephone?
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Oct. 30, 2012
Photograph shows a Romney/Ryan campaign cap made in China?
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Oct. 29, 2012
Various photographs capture images of Hurricane Sandy?
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Oct. 27, 2012
Did a plane crash in Afghanistan destroy the absentee ballots of U.S. military personnel?
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Oct. 27, 2012
Is Lockheed Martin going to lay off 123,000 workers due to military downsizing?
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Oct. 26, 2012
Justin Bieber has cancer, and fans are shaving their heads in support of him?
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Oct. 26, 2012
Is a 16-year-old girl named Katherine Lea Maiden missing?
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Oct. 24, 2012
Prayers are requested for Heather Brown, who remains in a coma after giving birth to a son?
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Oct. 24, 2012
Did Joe Biden make a disrespectful remark to the father of a Navy SEAL killed in Libya?
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