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
Oct. 9, 2014
Cabin cleaners at LaGuardia Airport fear Ebola exposure, strike for safer working conditions.
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Oct. 9, 2014
Fake news reports that Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has announced he is gay and in an 'i ...
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Oct. 9, 2014
Have the CDC and CIDREP admitted that Ebola is now airborne?
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Oct. 9, 2014
Did a Nebraska school district mandate that gendered references be retired in favor of neutral e ...
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Oct. 9, 2014
Rumor: Drivers should bang on the hood or honk in cold temperatures to rouse cats who may have f ...
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Oct. 8, 2014
Reports of a tragic attack inside an East LA haunted house attraction are fake news.
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Oct. 8, 2014
The first U.S. Ebola patient has died in Dallas.
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Oct. 8, 2014
Brittany Maynard, 29, took her life on 1 November 2014 following a diagnosis of inoperable brain ...
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Oct. 8, 2014
Did consumers win a $13 million lawsuit against Red Bull because they didn't grow wings?
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Oct. 8, 2014
A man claims Comcast got him fired after he complained about their service.
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Oct. 8, 2014
Did a man named Adrian Merced assault his girlfriend and yet may escape justice?
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Oct. 7, 2014
An old joke that is recycled yearly makes no calendrical sense, as Halloween never falls on the ...
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Oct. 7, 2014
ISIS is going door-to-door in Michigan, killing military families in cold blood.
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Oct. 7, 2014
ISIS is going door to door in Michigan, killing military families in cold blood.
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Oct. 7, 2014
Image depicts a 'captured Ebola victim' who has risen from the dead.
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Oct. 7, 2014
Don't let these seasonal parodies string you along.
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Oct. 7, 2014
Peng Shuilin lost the lower half of his body in an automobile accident.
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Oct. 7, 2014
Has a case of Ebola turned up in a patient in Kansas City?
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Oct. 7, 2014
Does a newly-created 'Aquaman Crystal' allow anyone to breathe underwater?
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Oct. 7, 2014
Rumor: Atheists are trying to ban the Carrie Underwood song 'Something in the Water.'
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