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).
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Oct. 20, 2014
Rumor: Two Idaho pastors were threatened with arrest for refusing to perform gay weddings.
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Oct. 19, 2014
Image purportedly documents a masked partygoer who fatally stabbed seven people with a kitchen k ...
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Oct. 17, 2014
Does a flurry of activity in FEMA Region 3 indicate that 'something big is coming'?
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Oct. 17, 2014
A Columbus woman allegedly used Ebola fears to receive faster 911 response.
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Oct. 17, 2014
Did a woman find an infestation of maggots inside a package of Huggies brand diapers?
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Oct. 17, 2014
Did a CDC whistleblower reveal that 'the Ebola vaccine' contains an RFID chip?
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Oct. 16, 2014
President Obama was referencing an old, undesirable form of power.
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Oct. 16, 2014
A vacationing man discovered that increasing pain he was experiencing was due to a tropical spid ...
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Oct. 16, 2014
Despite the recent wave of reports, researchers at CIDRAP have not confirmed that 'Ebola is now ...
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Oct. 16, 2014
Social media report that Ebola has broken out in an Alaskan school.
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Oct. 16, 2014
Is Ebola a hoax invented to rob Africa of its diamonds and oil?
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Oct. 15, 2014
Nurse Amber Vinson tested positive for Ebola one day after flying from Cleveland to Dallas.
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Oct. 15, 2014
A second healthcare worker who treated Thomas Eric Duncan has tested positive for Ebola.
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Oct. 14, 2014
Online criticism claims the Susan G. Komen breast cancer organization only gives 20% of their do ...
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Oct. 14, 2014
Kroger is not giving away free grocery coupons or gift cards to Facebook users who like and shar ...
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Oct. 14, 2014
Has U2 singer Bono contracted Ebola?
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Oct. 14, 2014
Has the town of Purdon, Texas been quarantined after a family of five there tested positive for ...
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Oct. 14, 2014
Has the federal government issued a travel warning due to Ebola cases in Texas?
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Oct. 14, 2014
Was a swastika ring available for purchase from the Sears Marketplace?
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Oct. 14, 2014
Did the city of Houston, Texas, subpoena pastors' sermons as part of a crackdown on preaching ag ...
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