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
March 12, 2012
Article reproduces Florida Congressman Allen West's comments about Black History Month?
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March 7, 2012
Photograph shows a tornado that hit Kentucky in March 2012?
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March 6, 2012
Photograph shows hunters posing with a large cache of killed wolves?
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March 6, 2012
Photograph shows Mitt Romney posing with children whose shirts spell out the word 'MONEY'?
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March 4, 2012
Photograph shows a tornado that hit Rome, Georgia, in March 2012?
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March 1, 2012
Is Intuit sending out software order confirmations?
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Feb. 29, 2012
A 16-year-old girl named Taylor Siders is missing from her Hurricane, West Virginia, home?
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Feb. 27, 2012
Photographs show a spider devouring a snake caught in its web?
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Feb. 23, 2012
Family member runs obituary for deceased parent that maligns his siblings?
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Feb. 22, 2012
Letter from Indiana state representative accuses the Girl Scouts of being a radicalized organiza ...
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Feb. 22, 2012
The Newfoundland falls into the "giant" weight range for dogs, with males typically ranging from ...
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Feb. 22, 2012
Photograph shows a Ron Paul supporter sneaking a message into a photograph with Barack Obama?
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Feb. 20, 2012
Article details energy costs associated with operating the Chevy Volt.
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Feb. 20, 2012
A 71-year-old former Marine broke up an armed robbery at a Subway sandwich shop in Florida?
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Feb. 18, 2012
President Obama launched an 'African Americans for Obama' campaign in February 2012?
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Feb. 18, 2012
Did Rick Santorum say that 'you need to treat females as though they have a mental disorder'?
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Feb. 16, 2012
A photograph captures the plight of Alexandra Svoboda, a protester hurt during a confrontation w ...
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Feb. 16, 2012
Has the e.l.f. brand of cosmetics has been bought up by a major department store chain?
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Feb. 15, 2012
Photographs show politically themed floats from a German parade?
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