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
Nov. 23, 2020
An indictment against Russian hackers was altered to support the false claim that the financier ...
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Nov. 22, 2020
The U.S. senator from Texas was spectacularly wrong in his "guarantee" about what would happen i ...
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Nov. 22, 2020
Clickbaiters have turned a fairly tame, if heartwarming, incident involving a traffic stop for a ...
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Nov. 21, 2020
Burger King guests who purchase the 2 for $5 deal in the US will have a chance at winning a Play ...
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Nov. 19, 2020
There is currently no proof provided that any deceased Pennsylvanian has voted in the 2020 election.
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Nov. 18, 2020
Voting spikes did occur in Wisconsin and other states as ballots were being counted, but for ord ...
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Nov. 18, 2020
Mythical computer servers in foreign countries haven't changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. pres ...
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Nov. 18, 2020
Whether the subject is smoking or COVID-19, social distancing is key.
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Nov. 16, 2020
Social media users ridiculed the Texas senator for tweeting about uncounted votes in Puerto Rico.
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Nov. 14, 2020
"At this time in our lives, we need to be united with love and respect for all."
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Nov. 10, 2020
Laura Ingraham interviewed a Nevada poll worker, face and voice masked, who claimed to have witn ...
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Nov. 9, 2020
Not all seemingly celebratory gestures in November 2020 were intended to herald the results of a ...
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Nov. 6, 2020 (Updated: Nov. 11, 2020)
The electoral college is a unique system for indirectly electing the president of the United States.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 6, 2020
A video shared on Twitter purported to catch ballot counters in Pennsylvania in the act of commi ...
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Nov. 6, 2020
Even the most innocuous actions can be made to seem sinister when presented with a healthy heap ...
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Nov. 5, 2020
Katharine Hepburn won numerous Academy Awards for her acting skills, but she isn't known for pen ...
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Nov. 4, 2020
The entire state of Georgia expected only about 3,000 rejected mail-in ballots altogether.
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Nov. 4, 2020
Arizona was one of several states apparently won by Joe Biden in 2020 that were targeted by elec ...
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Nov. 3, 2020
The former New York mayor took two swings and missed both on Election Day 2020.
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Nov. 3, 2020
A Fox News commentator misrepresented a tweet by the Minnesota representative exhorting her cons ...
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