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
June 28, 2015
Misinformation about the antebellum South, the Civil War, and the Confederate flag is rife on th ...
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June 26, 2015
Social media networks did not announce they would be banning users who post images of the Confed ...
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June 22, 2015
Information about safety warnings and product recalls
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June 21, 2015
Today is the summer solstice, not an equinox. There's no magical property about today that rela ...
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June 20, 2015
Today is the winter solstice, not an equinox. No magical property about today relates to balanci ...
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June 17, 2015
Rumor: Robbers are flinging eggs at cars to impair drivers' vision and force them to stop.
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June 16, 2015
Rumor: X-rays document a man in China whose body became riddled with tapeworms due to his eating ...
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June 16, 2015
The story accompanying this x-ray is certainly frightening, but there are several red flags.
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June 15, 2015
A common household ingredient led to the death of a 4-year-old after he climbed kitchen counters ...
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June 14, 2015
The USS Gabrielle Giffords, named for the former Arizona representative, is a real U.S. Navy shi ...
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June 14, 2015
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