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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Dec. 26, 2017
A social media image highlighting a supposedly "amazing" aspect to the 2018 calendar is neither ...
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Dec. 24, 2017
The former NBA superstar won a hefty award in 2015 after filing suit against the Dominick's groc ...
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Dec. 24, 2017
Many Angelenos didn’t know that a rocket launch was taking place nearby, leading many to think t ...
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Dec. 23, 2017
Reports that an arrested Nebraska man confessed to murdering more than 30 sex offenders in a 15- ...
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Dec. 23, 2017
Reports that Democrat Doug Jones received votes from over 12,000 dead people in a special Senate ...
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Dec. 23, 2017
Reports that the comedian was taken into custody by federal authorities over a controversial pol ...
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Dec. 23, 2017
Reports that poll workers in Birmingham were arrested for voter fraud in connection with the spe ...
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Dec. 22, 2017
Reports that a Muslim man deliberately caused the crash of an Amtrak train in Washington by sabo ...
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Dec. 10, 2017
A routine review of content labeled satire.
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Dec. 10, 2017
The women's clothing retailer sent emailed notices to customers informing them of pending refund ...
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Dec. 9, 2017
Roy Moore accuser Beverly Young Nelson annotated Moore's 1977 signature and inscription in her h ...
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Dec. 7, 2017
Report holds that the Palestinian consulate in Mexico City will soon be moved to Houston in reco ...
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Dec. 2, 2017
Reports that a new restaurant recently opened in Japan is the first in the world to legally offe ...
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Nov. 26, 2017
A Las Vegas man survived the Route 91 Harvest music festival mass shooting, only to be killed a ...
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Nov. 26, 2017
A family dog supposedly saved sleeping young children from sexual abuse by biting off an intrude ...
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Nov. 24, 2017
A Facebook post purportedly depicting a small child who had to shoot the family dog over barking ...
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Nov. 22, 2017
Reports that the actor stated Hollywood elites engage in the ritual abuse of children and the pr ...
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Nov. 20, 2017
Reports that authorities in Mexico confiscated a massive shipment of cocaine headed towards a U. ...
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Nov. 8, 2017
A number of restaurant chains offer free meals to U.S. military personnel in conjunction with th ...
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Nov. 5, 2017
Reports that the perpetrator carried an Antifa flag and told churchgoers “this is a communist re ...
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