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
March 17, 2015
Rumor: Sarah Palin has endorsed Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for President of the U ...
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March 17, 2015
News: A dad takes his 9-month-old baby son on his first surfing ride.
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March 17, 2015
Rumor: Spirit Airlines offers innuendo-laced promotions, including $69 fares.
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March 16, 2015
Rumor: Michael Brown's mother posted comments on social media celebrating the shooting of two Fe ...
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March 16, 2015
Rumor: Map shows an optimal route for driving across the USA and hitting major landmarks in ever ...
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March 16, 2015
Rumor: Educational materials publisher Pearson is monitoring students' social media accounts for ...
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March 15, 2015
Glurge: A young Marine spends the night in a hospital comforting a dying stranger.
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March 15, 2015
Rumor: Holding a smartphone incorrectly will cause a finger deformity known as 'smartphone pinky.'
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March 14, 2015
A cab driver takes an elderly woman to a hospice on the last ride of her life.
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March 14, 2015
Fake news reports a 16-year-old Arkansas girl has filed a paternity lawsuit claiming that Bill C ...
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March 13, 2015
Rumor: Doctors have confirmed that consumption of genetically modified tomatoes killed a man.
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March 13, 2015
Rumor: A racist question was featured in the game Trivia Crack.
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March 13, 2015
A blog called 'Ghetto Hikes,' ostensibly written by a tour guide for inner city children who co ...
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March 13, 2015
Rumor: Nike legally owns the rights to Tiger Woods' name.
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March 13, 2015
Rumor: Russian President Vladimir Putin has died.
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March 13, 2015
Rumor: Pope Francis has hired 'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling to rewrite the Bible.
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March 12, 2015
Rumor: The state of Oklahoma has banned civil marriage.
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March 12, 2015
Francis Fasher was not arrested after the 'most bizarre traffic stop of all time.' That account ...
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March 12, 2015
Rumor: Mattel's new Hello Barbie toy will record and transmit children's conversations.
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March 12, 2015
News: 'Discworld' Author Terry Pratchett has died.
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