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
Dec. 9, 2003
Why is the phrase 'miserable failure' tied to President Bush's biography in Google?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 8, 2003
A 22-year-old University of North Dakota student named Dru Sjodin is missing.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 8, 2003
Did Howard Dean promise the U.S. will no longer support Israel?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 7, 2003
An army captain in Iraq describes President Bush's surprise Thanksgiving Day visit to Baghdad?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 5, 2003
Item cites religious references related to George Washington and the Washington Monument.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 24, 2003
Did New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia take over a courtroom and charge everyone 50 cents?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 24, 2003
Has Los Angeles requested equipment vendors avoid using the industry term 'Master/Slave' in prod ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 22, 2003
Has a company called Send Money Now charged $373.56 against your debit card?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 21, 2003
The 2003 'Christmas Field Guide' issued by Abercrombie & Fitch included sex and nudity?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 20, 2003
An unusual correction to the obituary of photographer Marvin Smith?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 19, 2003
Rumor holds that bad referees' calls during an NFL playoff game contributed to the death of Viki ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 19, 2003
Has the FDA issued a warning about a connection between Hepatitis A and green onions?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 17, 2003
As comedian George Burns once declared, "Most of what I say is true. The rest is show business."
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 10, 2003
Is nine-year-old Cecilia Zhang missing from her Toronto home?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 5, 2003
Do religious symbols abound in the national capital buildings and words of the United States' fo ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 5, 2003
Civilians give up their seats on commercial flight to soldiers on leave from Iraq.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 3, 2003 (Updated: Sept. 16, 2022)
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