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
May 5, 2012
Snapple donates millions of dollars to anti-marijuana efforts?
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May 4, 2012
Sentimental tale about a cab driver taking an elderly woman to a hospice on the last ride of her ...
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April 30, 2012
Disney is not giving away free theme park tickets to those who like and share posts on Facebook; ...
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April 30, 2012
Essay explains the origins of the symbolism on the back of the U.S. one-dollar bill.
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April 30, 2012
Best Buy is distributing free $1,000 gift cards to users who click an online link?
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April 26, 2012
"Any contest or sweepstakes JetBlue runs would be hosted on an official JetBlue channel."
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April 24, 2012
Did a quick-witted prosecutor turn the lack of a body in a murder case to his advantage?
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April 23, 2012
Image shows an advertisement for Oreo cookies featuring a breast-feeding baby?
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April 23, 2012
Image contrasts photographs of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama.
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April 21, 2012
Bank of America has declined to continue doing business with industries involved in gun sales?
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April 21, 2012
Did Ann Romney say men 'deserve to be paid at a higher rate' than women?
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April 20, 2012
Account by Kitty Werthmann describes the German takeover of Austria.
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April 20, 2012
Lawyers representing Barack Obama admitted that his birth certificate is a forgery?
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April 20, 2012
Rumor holds that conservative rocker Ted Nugent evaded the Vietnam-era draft by taking drugs and ...
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April 19, 2012
Has Justin Bieber been stabbed by a crazed fan?
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April 19, 2012
Image shows a poster for an upcoming film biography of Walt Disney?
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April 19, 2012
Did Koch Industries pay the legal fees of George Zimmerman?
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April 19, 2012
Did Mitt Romney say he 'can relate to black people' because his ancestors once owned slaves?
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April 16, 2012
Invitations sent from the RockMelt browser harbor viruses?
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April 16, 2012
Did the passage of HR 347 in 2012 make it illegal to protest anywhere the Secret Service is present?
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