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
May 6, 2017
A rumor that the actors from the hit '90s sitcom 'Friends' are reuniting to shoot another season ...
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May 5, 2017
Not life imitating art, but life misrepresenting art.
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May 3, 2017
Rumors of an 'emergency meeting' and a sudden announcement from the Palace led to speculation ab ...
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May 3, 2017
A viral tweeted photograph reportedly documents that Vancouver’s drug problem is so bad that pig ...
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April 30, 2017
Reports that the former Alaska governor was critically injured in an automobile accident are fak ...
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April 29, 2017
Reports that the Academy Award-winning actor was killed in a drive-by shooting in New York are f ...
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April 23, 2017
Erin Moran, who played Richie Cunningham's younger sister Joanie on “Happy Days,” has passed away.
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April 18, 2017
An online Dunkin' coupon offering that promises a free box of donuts is part of an anniversary g ...
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April 17, 2017
Reports that United Airlines flight attendant assaulted a 7 month-old baby for crying during a f ...
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April 17, 2017
A comment made by Arizona senator Jeff Flake during a town hall meeting was reproduced without c ...
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April 16, 2017
Reports that a Taiwanese airliner dumped human waste onto the top deck of a cruise ship are fake ...
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April 15, 2017
Reports that a couple seeking to conceive via IVF discovered through DNA testing that they were ...
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April 15, 2017
Department of State employee Candace Claiborne was arrested and charged in connection with her i ...
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April 15, 2017
President Trump has reportedly requested a ride with Queen Elizabeth II in a gold-plated carriag ...
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April 15, 2017
Another entry in a long-running series of articles about holiday traditions being used to conver ...
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April 11, 2017
The same fake news of a vehicular tragedy has been spread via multiple domains to target varying ...
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April 8, 2017
"Natural hair being viewed as a messy look is causing many women to feel inadequate and less des ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria David Mikkelson
April 7, 2017
Rumors that the former U.S. president was arrested in connection with the seizure of massive amo ...
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March 27, 2017
The "mainstream media" isn’t covering the discovery of a cargo container full of young black wom ...
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March 27, 2017
Supreme Court justices did not pen a "letter" saying President Trump was "completely wrong in c ...
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