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
Sept. 23, 2001
Did hijackers use a graphic cell phone message to communicate the success of their terrorist att ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 22, 2001
Does Microsoft's Wingdings font contain hidden anti-Semitic codes?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 21, 2001
Did 4,000 Israelis stay home from work at the World Trade Center on 9/11?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 20, 2001
Do photos of the World Trade Center fire reveal the face of Satan?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 20, 2001
The planned cover for a hip-hop album due to be released in November 2001 depicted an exploding ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 20, 2001
Tamim Ansary's 'Letter from an Afghani'
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 20, 2001
Did President Bush say he would not 'fire a $2-million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a cam ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 20, 2001
Did a U.S. company ban employees from displaying the American flag?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 18, 2001
Has Clear Channel Communications created a list of songs banned from airplay?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 17, 2001
Did Canadian radio commentator Gordon Sinclair deliver a stirring pro-American editorial?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 17, 2001
Television evangelists Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson said that various liberal groups bear res ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 16, 2001
Donate money to help hackers catch Osama Bin Laden?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 10, 2001
Legend about an opera singer who reads embarrassingly misprinted lyrics.
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Sept. 8, 2001
Did a man contemplating suicide receive a phone call from Almighty God?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 8, 2001
Does The Hunger Site really donate money for hunger relief every time you click a button on thei ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 7, 2001
Customer sickened after eating at a chain restaurant afterwards discovers human urine in what sh ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 7, 2001
Is Sprint identifying calls placed to Israel on bills as having been made to 'Palestine' in orde ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 25, 2001
If you can't move the people off the land, just move the land ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 25, 2001
Let's take a closer look.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 23, 2001
Is Paul Harvey the source of the essay 'These Things I Wish for You'?
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