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).
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Sept. 19, 2011 (Updated: Sept. 16, 2022)
This claim has been around since at least the 1960s.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 18, 2011
Rumor: Facebook is going to be adding a 'Dislike' button.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 18, 2011
Facebook 'padlock' security feature really set up by hackers?
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Sept. 16, 2011
A mother supposedly left a touching text message for the child she died shielding during an eart ...
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Sept. 3, 2011
Dr. Joseph Guillotin neither invented the guillotine nor was executed with one of those machines.
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Aug. 29, 2011
Photograph shows Hurricane Irene hitting the coast of North Carolina?
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Aug. 28, 2011
A much-repurposed photograph of a shark swimming down a flooded highway after a hurricane is a fake.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 24, 2011
Prayers are requested for Diego Mendez, a 5-year-old injured by a falling TV?
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Aug. 24, 2011
Prayers are requested for Harly Andrews, a 5-year-old girl hit by a car?
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Aug. 24, 2011
Mychal Massie wrote an opinion piece entitled 'When Will Obama Crack in Public'?
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Aug. 24, 2011
Mychal Massie wrote an opinion piece entitled 'Nero in the White House'?
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Aug. 24, 2011
First responders and clergy are not invited to the 2011 September 11 memorial ceremony?
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Aug. 19, 2011
Whole Foods has removed Israeli products from its shelves and replaced them with Muslim-approved ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 18, 2011
General Electric is moving its x-ray division from Wisconsin to China?
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Aug. 16, 2011
Is a virus being spread via posts about a 'Breaking Dawn' game?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 11, 2011
Chart shows raises given to White House staffers in 2010?
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Aug. 10, 2011
Do photographs show a new Chinese aircraft carrier?
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Aug. 4, 2011
"The text message is false and mischievous as there is no poisonous water imported into the coun ...
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Aug. 3, 2011
A former Secret Service agent supposedly gives his unvarnished opinion of the Clinton, Gore, and ...
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