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).
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June 5, 2019
ARM: "Employees were observed slapping, kicking, punching, pushing, throwing, and slamming calve ...
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June 5, 2019
Is the American president distinguishable from a football team? One would think so.
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June 3, 2019
Sometimes spoof is stranger than fiction ... or it's the same thing.
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June 3, 2019
The supposed quote eventually became immortalized in meme form and then REALLY took off.
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June 3, 2019
“The babies kept coming and coming and coming and coming ..."
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May 29, 2019
Was the president referring to a "non-sun," "nonsense," or a "not sun"? Take your pick.
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May 21, 2019
"The Trump quote going around today is a poorly done Photoshop."
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May 21, 2019
"Is there really a granny standing by with a gallon of the good stuff?"
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May 15, 2019
Most state workers would likely welcome an extra four weeks off per year.
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May 14, 2019
"God wants us to prosper financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill the destiny He has lai ...
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May 14, 2019
Coca-Cola unveiled a Ramadan campaign in Norway, adding the Islamic crescent moon symbol to the ...
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May 7, 2019
H.R. 1233 was intended to improve public access to all presidential records, not to "keep Obama’ ...
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April 11, 2019
The former U.S. secretary of state is often portrayed as a villain in online conspiracy theories.
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April 11, 2019
President Trump’s overall unfavorable rating has remained steady at 55 percent since he announce ...
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April 8, 2019
"I am asking Zambians to forgive me for the evil things I was doing to innocent children."
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April 6, 2019
Some people might benefit from acquiring an understanding of how the U.S. Congress actually works.
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April 4, 2019
The former Baptist minister rose to prominence in 1960 when he founded the Christian Broadcast N ...
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April 3, 2019
To see fact checking survive and thrive, we must invest in it together.
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April 2, 2019
It's unusual for the current president of the United States not to head Gallup's "Most Admired M ...
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April 1, 2019
Of all the dubious health claims made about the benefits of cigarette smoking, this one seemingl ...
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