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. 21, 2008
Constitutional scholar Linda R. Monk wrote 'The Party's Over,' a critique of American fiscal irr ...
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Oct. 18, 2008
E-mail describes Illinois senator Barack Obama's church as having a racist, ;non-negotiable comm ...
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Oct. 17, 2008
Will collecting plastic bottle caps provide chemo treatments to cancer sufferers or prosthetic l ...
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Oct. 17, 2008
Photograph shows John McCain making a funny face after a presidential debate?
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Oct. 17, 2008
Photograph shows Piper Palin flipping off a little boy?
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Oct. 15, 2008
Voters who select a 'straight ticket' may not end up voting at all in some races.
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Oct. 14, 2008
John McCain was one-upped by a heckler during a campaign stop.
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Oct. 14, 2008
Editorial by pianist Huntley Brown explains why he won't vote for Barack Obama?
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Oct. 13, 2008
Photographs show a tree in India with a trunk that naturally grows animal-shaped figures.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 12, 2008 (Updated: Feb. 17, 2009)
Was a concentration camp survivor coincidentally reunited years later with a girl who secretly h ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 12, 2008
Barack Obama's education and house were paid for with money obtained from questionable sources?
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Oct. 10, 2008
The Obama campaign sent Secret Service agents to visit a Texas woman after a volunteer worker de ...
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Oct. 8, 2008
The In-N-Out hamburger chain will be offering price rollbacks as part of a 60th anniversary prom ...
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Oct. 8, 2008
Has the editor of the 'National Review' endorsed Barack Obama for president?
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Oct. 7, 2008
Photographs show a church sign debate over whether dogs go to heaven.
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Oct. 7, 2008
A photograph supposedly captured Barack Obama reading a book about "a Muslim's view of a defeate ...
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Oct. 5, 2008
Receipt of special 'closed' signs by Bank of America signals that U.S. banks will soon be shut d ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 5, 2008
The rumor comes from flier intended to suppress the vote during the 2008 presidential campaign.
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Oct. 3, 2008
Barack Obama filed a lawsuit to require banks to 'make loans to poor people'?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 3, 2008
Were Barack Obama's education and house paid for with money obtained from questionable sources?
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