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. 7, 2018
The young congressional candidate has already become the focus of satire and parody, not always ...
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Aug. 7, 2018
Weiss was arrested for “being under the influence of drugs” according to law enforcement in Oro ...
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Aug. 6, 2018
Despite the prevalence of numerous social media come-ons, Dwayne Johnson is not giving away mone ...
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Aug. 5, 2018
Charlotte Rae, who played affable Mrs. Garrett on the long-running NBC sitcom 'The Facts of Life ...
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Aug. 5, 2018
The popular actor has not passed away at 57 from complications related to Parkinson's disease.
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Aug. 3, 2018
A long-circulated message offers prayers on behalf of servicemen killed in Afghanistan several y ...
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Aug. 3, 2018
Facebook is not taking down a picture of the interment of Korean War dead in order to minimize a ...
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Aug. 2, 2018
The pop singer is still being treated after an overdose but is alive and expected to leave the h ...
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July 31, 2018
Chipotle is not offering free $100 gift cards for National Avocado Day to internet users who sha ...
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July 30, 2018
A meme posited a highly improbable, if not absolutely impossible, scenario under which an impeac ...
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July 26, 2018
One variety of Hungry Man brand frozen dinners has been recalled due to concerns over a whey pow ...
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July 26, 2018
An estimated 7,000 cases of Taco Bell Salsa Con Queso Mild Cheese Dip are being recalled because ...
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July 25, 2018
A notorious producer of fake news attempted to provoke outrage with yet another fabricated memet ...
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July 24, 2018
A 'zombie' recall notice from 2017 prompted by defective can seams continues to be presented as ...
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July 22, 2018
Mondelez Global LLC announced they are voluntarily recalling certain Ritz Cracker Sandwiches and ...
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July 18, 2018
Businesses do not celebrate their anniversaries by giving away hefty coupons to Facebook users w ...
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July 17, 2018
Some confusion over the meaning and process of impeachment resulted in the spread of false infor ...
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July 16, 2018
Caught between a rock and a hard place ... literally?
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July 15, 2018
Pictures of President Trump's suffering a stroke and a supposed virus attached to them are both ...
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July 15, 2018
A 13-year-old girl with special needs was beheaded because she saw her grandmother murdered in a ...
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