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
Nov. 5, 2009
A letter to the editor by a Mississippi physician criticized a patient's lifestyle choices.
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Nov. 4, 2009
Noah Biorkman, a 5-year-old boy battling cancer, wants to receive Christmas cards?
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Nov. 3, 2009
"The report has uncovered more of Obama's radical past and we will see things that no one in the ...
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Nov. 3, 2009
House Resolution 615 would require members of Congress to participate in a public health care plan?
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Nov. 2, 2009
Photographs show a motorist whose torso was severed when he crashed into a truck while talking o ...
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Nov. 2, 2009
Sherry Hackett penned a piece critical of President Obama entitled 'We Noticed.'
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Nov. 1, 2009
"The bills they’re passing by playing solitaire instead of voting for us are taking away our fre ...
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Nov. 1, 2009
Do influenza outbreaks of recent years correspond to Chinese astrological symbols?
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Oct. 28, 2009
Is the FDIC sending out e-mail notices about accounts in failed banks?
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Oct. 28, 2009
Boston Market is offering coupons good for a $1 chicken meal?
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Oct. 28, 2009
Essay by J.D. Pendry criticizes foreign policy stances of Democratic politicians?
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Oct. 27, 2009
List offers useful tips for avoiding contracting the swine flu?
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Oct. 25, 2009
Did Barack Obama's thesis for Columbia University, entitled 'Aristocracy Reborn,' note that Amer ...
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Oct. 24, 2009
Homeowners discover a furtively flushing feline is the source of their huge water bills.
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Oct. 19, 2009
Does an Obama administration program provide free cell phones and cellular service to welfare re ...
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Oct. 19, 2009
Internationally syndicated news stories are sometimes edited or added to by local newspaper publ ...
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Oct. 18, 2009
Photograph shows Detroit slums with downtown skyscrapers in the background?
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Oct. 14, 2009
Prayers are requested for Nick Doize, a teenager battling leukemia?
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Oct. 12, 2009
Has the White House decreed that its 2013 Christmas trees will be referred to as 'Holiday trees'?
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Oct. 11, 2009
Memo from a McDonald's director advocates making a policy of omitting items from customers' driv ...
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