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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Jan. 3, 2010
Big buzz about those big books.
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Dec. 30, 2009
The real story of Tiger Woods' auto accident?
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Dec. 19, 2009
Photograph shows 'the world's largest Christmas tree display'?
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Dec. 19, 2009
Will Bank of America will be dropping all FDIC coverage on interest bearing accounts at the end ...
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Dec. 15, 2009
Does Facebook now allows all of your private information to be automatically indexed by search e ...
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Dec. 14, 2009
Photograph shows Barack Obama posing with a couple who crashed a White House state dinner?
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Dec. 13, 2009
President Obama did not eliminate the National Day of Prayer or pray with Muslims on Capitol Hil ...
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Dec. 13, 2009
Christmas cards are requested for Nathan Elfrink, a 7-year-old boy with terminal cancer?
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Dec. 12, 2009
Jacob Hadcock, a 4-year-old boy battling cancer, wants to receive Christmas cards?
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Dec. 10, 2009
A photograph that appeared to show a dangling homeowner in need of help was merely a humorous Ch ...
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Dec. 10, 2009
The Rev. Al Sharpton chides Tiger Woods for lack of racial diversity in the mistresses he chose?
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Dec. 10, 2009
Does a proposed constitutional amendment seek to require that laws apply equally to U.S. citizen ...
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Dec. 9, 2009
Gangs are not using bloody car seats to lure female motorists out of their vehicles as part of a ...
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Dec. 8, 2009
Will all the seats in the House of Representatives be up for election in 2010?
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Dec. 6, 2009
A photograph showing Barack and Michelle Obama saluting the U.S. flag with their left hands is j ...
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Dec. 4, 2009
An account of Muslims' allegedly engaging in a 'dry run' hijacking in 2009 was contradicted by a ...
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Dec. 2, 2009
Letter from Judge David Kithil provides line-item criticism of health care reform legislation.
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Dec. 1, 2009
E-mail solicits recipients to create CDC Vaccination Profiles.
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Nov. 29, 2009
Rumor: Photographs show a coyote that survived an eight-hour trip wedged behind a car bumper.
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Nov. 28, 2009
Photograph shows golfer Tiger Woods' new yacht.
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