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: Kim LaCapria David Mikkelson
Feb. 17, 2017
The seemingly damning claim was based on a misstatement of a court ruling in a defamation suit.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 14, 2017
By one standard, far more terrorists originate with countries not affected by the Trump administ ...
Written by: Dan Evon David Mikkelson
Feb. 9, 2017 (Updated: March 3, 2025)
It wasn't until his second term in office that Trump issued an executive order designating Engli ...
Written by: Dan Evon David Mikkelson
Feb. 9, 2017
We found no evidence that President Trump's election has sparked a massive wave of self-deportat ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 6, 2017
A dubious quote played on the unlikely idea of rock stars foretelling the political rise of Dona ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 23, 2017
A video clip showing Melania Trump smile and then frown during her husband's inauguration is rea ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 23, 2017
CBS News reported that Donald Trump’s team brought a cheering committee who was seated in the fr ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 22, 2017
A new congressional bill seeks to end U.S. participation in the United Nations, but the same bil ...
Written by: David Mikkelson Alex Kasprak
Jan. 18, 2017
The proposed budget cuts would represent 0.006 percent of 2016’s federal spending.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 16, 2017
A Scottish newspaper imagined the upcoming event as an episode of the classic Rod Serling televi ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 22, 2016
Correctional officers were reportedly asked to leave a Tacoma Cheesecake Factory outlet because ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 20, 2016
A video showing an inconsolable protester wailing because a policeman popped her balloon is not ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 17, 2016
Fake news may be a bad thing, but not all bad news reporting is "fake," and that distinction sho ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 16, 2016
The First Lady's famous photo in support of a global campaign to bring home kidnapped Nigerian ...
Written by: David Mikkelson Bethania Palma
Nov. 14, 2016
Reports that billionaire business magnate George Soros was killed while traveling to Hungary in ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 13, 2016
Reports that Mrs. Trump has voiced concerns over her role as the First Lady of the United States ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 11, 2016
Reports that President Obama will issue a “blanket pardon” for Hillary Clinton to cover any undi ...
Written by: David Mikkelson Nur Ibrahim
Nov. 7, 2016
Is taking a photograph of your ballot and posting it online illegal? It depends on where you li ...
Written by: David Mikkelson Bethania Palma
Nov. 7, 2016
Georgia state representative Jason Spencer withdrew a bill banning head and face coverings two d ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 5, 2016
Reports that an FBI agent investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail server killed ...
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