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. 1, 2008
Were gang initiates really planning to kill 30 or more women on Halloween 2008?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 1, 2008
The Home Depot web site includes no mention of Christmas?
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Oct. 30, 2008
You may be surprised by how Dracula is actually dispatched in Bram Stoker's iconic vampire novel.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 29, 2008
Fact check: Hemingway anecdote, never substantiated.
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Oct. 29, 2008
Barack Obama asked law enforcement personnel to remain out of view during a campaign event in Mi ...
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Oct. 29, 2008
Dr. Charles Stanley wrote an exhortation to Christians to pray for a John McCain victory in the ...
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Oct. 28, 2008
List details food companies owned by Monsanto?
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Oct. 28, 2008
Clip from a Bob Hope movie describes Democrats as 'zombies.'
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Oct. 27, 2008
Finding out where a given product was manufactured is not so simple as looking at its bar code.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 26, 2008
Variations of this claim state that Snopes has validated it — which is not the case.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 26, 2008
Barack Obama would not qualify for a security clearance due to his relationship with Bill Ayers.
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Oct. 25, 2008
Photographs show Rupert, a deer delivered by Caesarean section?
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Oct. 23, 2008
Barack Obama supposedly admitted to being a Muslim during an ABC News interview.
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Oct. 23, 2008
Will Panda Express be celebrating their 15th anniversary by offering discounted and free food on ...
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Oct. 23, 2008
The most common and seemingly innocuous of household products may have the potential to cause se ...
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Oct. 22, 2008
Yellowcake uranium removed from Iraq in 2008 proved that Saddam Hussein was trying to restart Ir ...
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Oct. 21, 2008
Barack Obama never mentioned Israel by name in either of the first two 2008 presidential debates?
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Oct. 21, 2008
Michelle Obama gorged herself on an expensive room service dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 21, 2008
Image reproduces a test scoresheet showing Sarah Palin's high school grades and SAT scores?
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