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. 31, 2018 (Updated: Oct. 4, 2022)
Contrary to a false report circulating in 2018, country singer Loretta Lynn did not die after ch ...
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Dec. 31, 2018
Crime may not pay, but neither is it fooled so easily.
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Dec. 29, 2018
No one outside of characters from mythology and folklore is actually trying this.
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Dec. 6, 2018
Nothing makes a more cogent point than applying flawed assumptions to an irrelevant photograph.
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Dec. 1, 2018
It's mostly having to deal with stuff like this that stresses us out.
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Nov. 29, 2018
"Santa Monica Observer plays fast and loose with the facts." In spades.
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Nov. 25, 2018
Perhaps bunches of vacationers other than Death are what's causing the near-problem here.
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Nov. 25, 2018
You'd think this kind of thing couldn't happen in urban areas.
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Nov. 22, 2018
Ohio's legislature is considering a bill that would criminalize abortion and potentially impose ...
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Nov. 20, 2018
Walmart stores are not distributing free coupons via Facebook as part of Thanksgiving or Black F ...
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Nov. 10, 2018
Three women who have suffered grievously deserve more respect than to be made the subject of jap ...
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Nov. 9, 2018 (Updated: Nov. 11, 2020)
A number of restaurant chains offer free meals to U.S. military personnel in conjunction with Ve ...
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Nov. 9, 2018
Hy-Vee grocery stores are not distributing free $80 off coupons as part of an anniversary promotion.
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Nov. 6, 2018
Candidates' political positions and affiliations are not determined by digital editing skills.
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Nov. 3, 2018
A small difference between two similar words caused confusion among readers about the Florida go ...
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Nov. 3, 2018
A woman who claimed credit for writing an anonymous letter accusing the Supreme Court nominee of ...
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Nov. 2, 2018
Don't fall for scams that use counterfeit Facebook accounts to falsely associate themselves with ...
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Oct. 31, 2018
As always, conspiracy theorists aren't dissuaded from their false flag claims by trivialities su ...
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Oct. 28, 2018
A mass shooting by a man who reputedly said he 'wanted all Jews to die' led some to place additi ...
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Oct. 27, 2018
Not every standard procedure is an absolute, especially when it comes to the U.S. Postal Service.
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