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
Oct. 3, 2009
Article reveals the Mayo Clinic's expectations for a swine flu pandemic?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 2, 2009
Con artist rents out a property he has no authorization to lease.
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Oct. 1, 2009
A supposed photograph of Barack and Michelle Obama dressed as a pimp and ho at White House event ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 26, 2009
Photographs supposedly documenting a Hamas-organized mass wedding of adult men and pre-pubescent ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 26, 2009
"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism,' ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 23, 2009
Any lack of COLA increases in Social Security isn't due a stubborn Congress or the cost of Obama ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 21, 2009
"Washington has rendered Soylent Green a prophetic cautionary tale rather than a nonfiction scar ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 20, 2009
Photograph shows artwork around the urinals of a men's restroom at a hotel in Queenstown, New Ze ...
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Sept. 19, 2009
Examples of a story purportedly involving a pharmacist and "one pound of mofeen" go back to at l ...
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Sept. 18, 2009
Consumers claim Pyrex brand glass bakeware is now manufactured from a different material and thu ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 17, 2009
A store in a Houston shopping mall closed on September 11 to honor a 7th century religious figur ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 16, 2009
Muslims are planning to hold an 'Islam on Capitol Hill' prayer service at the U.S. Capitol on 25 ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 15, 2009
A chronologically impossible photograph supposedly documents a young Barack Obama as a Black Pan ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 15, 2009
Information about the Facebook Fan Check virus.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 14, 2009
E-mails provide helpful advice about swine flu?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 13, 2009
Analysis demonstrates the 'Cash for Clunkers' program to be an inefficient economic trade-off?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 11, 2009
Scammers pose as census workers to elicit personal information from unsuspecting victims?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 9, 2009
Is the IRS sending out e-mail notices about unreported/underreported income?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 8, 2009
Were Chrysler dealerships owned by Republican donors disproportionately targeted for closure by ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 8, 2009
Pat Boone criticizes President Obama for not sufficiently acknowledging America's Christian heri ...
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