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
March 31, 2020
Rumors claimed that U.S. representatives were using coronavirus aid legislation to give themselv ...
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March 30, 2020
Seoul is home to more people than any U.S. city, but not nearly as many as President Trump claim ...
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March 30, 2020
Adding multiple false entries to an old list doesn't make it any more credible.
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March 30, 2020
Scam text messages purporting to be from the U.K. government informed recipients they had been i ...
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March 28, 2020
Pranksters no longer need spend time with Photoshop to create convincing fake tweets.
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March 27, 2020
It appears something got lost in translation here.
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March 27, 2020
A statement by the president was misleadingly represented in a quote meme.
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March 26, 2020
Two statements the U.S. president made roughly a week apart in March 2020 came under intense scr ...
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March 26, 2020
There are different processes and purposes for naming diseases.
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March 24, 2020
Half a million bucks just doesn't buy lavish digs like this anymore.
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March 23, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 23, 2020
This is one of those ideas that really shouldn't be passed around.
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March 23, 2020
The economic strain of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted some to point fingers at companies perceiv ...
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March 22, 2020 (Updated: Aug. 5, 2021)
Gas pump handles are one of many common objects that could be contaminated, so consumers should ...
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March 22, 2020
Bananas are a good source of various nutrients, but eating them doesn't offer solid protection a ...
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March 21, 2020 (Updated: March 23, 2020)
A reported instance of "teens doing dumb things on social media" may be something less than a na ...
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March 20, 2020
News of the NBA legend's death overshadowed the emerging COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. in late J ...
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March 20, 2020
If only people recognized "predictions" before the calamitous events they supposedly anticipate.
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March 19, 2020
Financial assistance related to COVID-19 issues may be available, but applicants must be sure to ...
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March 17, 2020
Even looming food shortages are apparently not enough to prompt some consumers to try soy- and t ...
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