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
Aug. 6, 2008
Hundreds of people with physical ailments have reported being healed by a touch from Barack Obama?
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Aug. 4, 2008
Information about the 'FBI vs. Facebook' virus lures.
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Aug. 4, 2008
Rumors that the Arizona senator admitted that he was a 'war criminal' and that was he pardoned b ...
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Aug. 3, 2008
Tyson Foods has not dropped Labor Day as an employee holiday in favor of the Muslim celebration ...
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Aug. 1, 2008
Did Barack Obama say 'a strong government hand is needed to assure that wealth is distributed mo ...
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July 31, 2008
Do photographs show the brain-avulsed victim of a vehicular accident?
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July 31, 2008
Do photographs show the victim of a shark attack?
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July 31, 2008
Does a photograph show a man pulling his eyeballs down to cheek level?
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July 31, 2008
Does a photograph show a chupacabra's head on a fence?
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July 31, 2008
Does a photograph show the remains of an electrocuted cat?
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July 31, 2008
Comedian Bill Cosby's platform as a write-in candidate in the 2008 Presidential election?
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July 31, 2008
Letter to the editor warns Americans to be wary of 'a young leader who promises change.'
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July 30, 2008
Photographs show unusual animal carcasses found in Panama and Montauk, New York.
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July 30, 2008
"Could you imagine the second day of your life having to jump from a building to get home?"
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July 29, 2008
Did Barack Obama remove the U.S. flag from the tail of Air Force One and replace it with his own ...
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July 25, 2008
Barack Obama 'blew off' U.S. soldiers during a July 2008 trip to Afghanistan?
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July 23, 2008
The Cheesecake Factory restaurants will be selling cheesecake for $1.50 per slice.
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July 23, 2008
Does John McCain not qualify as a natural-born citizen of the U.S. because he was born in Panama?
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July 22, 2008
A 'motivational poster' purportedly shows a former cheerleader turned Air Force sniper.
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July 21, 2008
Prayers request for Katie Fitch, a three-year-old South Carolina girl with hepatoblastoma.
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