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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Oct. 6, 2010
Rumor: Photographs show bald eagles being fed on a spit in winter.
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Oct. 2, 2010
Photographs show the Statue of Liberty amidst a hurricane?
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Sept. 30, 2010
Photographs show an SUV impaled by a guardrail.
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Sept. 28, 2010
Is a person named Thierry Mairot attempting to engage children in sexual conversations via Face ...
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Sept. 26, 2010
Rumor: Photographs show bighorn sheep on the face of the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming.
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Sept. 14, 2010
Information about the 'Here You Have / Just for You' virus
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Sept. 13, 2010
The staff of snopes.com were not arrested after an early morning raid by law enforcement at thei ...
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Sept. 11, 2010
Frankenmuth resident objects to cross his city's crest; residents respond by placing crosses on ...
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Sept. 10, 2010
The words to the 1966 'Batman' ABC television series theme song -- were they produced by brass i ...
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Sept. 10, 2010
Was the Pentagon military office building originally intended to be a hospital?
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Sept. 8, 2010
Same women, different times
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Sept. 8, 2010
Progressive's former CEO, Peter Lewis, personally donated to liberal political causes; but he's ...
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Sept. 4, 2010
A speculative "What I would say if I were in that position" column has been confusingly cast as ...
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Aug. 30, 2010
An article purportedly details treatment of women in the Muslim world.
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Aug. 30, 2010
Do CFL bulbs pose a significant fire risk with ordinary use?
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Aug. 28, 2010
Collection reproduces jokes about Democratic politicians by Don Rickles?
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Aug. 25, 2010
Is a 'New Gifts for You' virus being spread via Facebook posts?
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Aug. 24, 2010
Did Newt Gingrich issue a statement condemning the building of the Cordoba House community cente ...
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Aug. 24, 2010
Lloyd Marcus wrote an opinion piece entitled 'A Black Man, The Progressive's Perfect Trojan Horse'?
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Aug. 22, 2010
Rumor: Photograph shows a circular bridge.
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