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
Dec. 8, 2014
A misidentified video purportedly depicts Mike Brown assaulting an elderly man over a stolen bac ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 8, 2014
Rumor: Gang members are disguising shotguns as Super Soaker water guns.
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Dec. 8, 2014
Has Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg converted to Islam?
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Dec. 8, 2014
General Mills is bringing French Toast Crunch back to the U.S.
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Dec. 5, 2014
Did the CDC issue an apology and state that the 2014-15 flu vaccine doesn't work?
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Dec. 5, 2014
Will McDonald's stop serving overweight customers beginning in 2015?
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Dec. 4, 2014
Was a flying black horse captured on video in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia?
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Dec. 3, 2014
Did the Koch brothers buy NPR and force the broadcaster to stop covering climate change?
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Dec. 3, 2014
Several legends posit CEOs saying derogatory things about black customers using their companies' ...
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Dec. 3, 2014
Was Axl Rose found dead in his West Hollywood home?
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Dec. 3, 2014
Does a 'Welcome to Idaho' sign warn criminals about gun-wielding citizens?
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Dec. 3, 2014
Did Jay Jon die shortly after releasing his song 'C.O.P.?'
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Dec. 2, 2014
Is Facebook disclosing the names of users who have posed for pictures with guns to the Departmen ...
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Dec. 2, 2014
Were Deandre Joshua and Shawn Gray murdered after testifying before a grand jury in Ferguson?
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Dec. 2, 2014
Rumor: Image describes home life of killed Ferguson teen Mike Brown with his parents, Lesley McS ...
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Dec. 1, 2014
Was a student forced to remove a 'Help 4 Heroes' wristband because it might offend Muslims?
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Dec. 1, 2014
Officer Darren Wilson Was Shot Outside of 7-Eleven In St. Louis?
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Dec. 1, 2014
Whitney Hayek: Missing child or Internet hoax?
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Dec. 1, 2014
Did Sarah Palin tell Sean Hannity that Alaska has many 'Eskimos and other foreigners?'
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