The Co-Founder Of Snopes Wrote Dozens Of Plagiarized Articles For The Fact-Checking Site

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David Mikkelson, the co-founder of the fact-checking website Snopes, has long presented himself as the arbiter of truth online, a bulwark in the fight against rumors and fake news. But he has been lying to the site's tens of millions of readers: A BuzzFeed News investigation has found that between 2015 and 2019, Mikkelson wrote and published dozens of articles containing material plagiarized from news outlets such as the Guardian and the LA Times.

After inquiries from BuzzFeed News, Snopes conducted an internal review and confirmed that under a pseudonym, the Snopes byline, and his own name, Mikkelson wrote and published 54 articles with plagiarized material. The articles include such topics as same-sex marriage licenses and the death of musician David Bowie.

Snopes VP of Editorial and Managing Editor Doreen Marchionni suspended Mikkelson from editorial duties pending “a comprehensive internal investigation.” He remains an officer and a 50% shareholder of the company.

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A liberal proves to be a gross hypocrite!

In other news:

Water is wet.

The sun rises in the East.

Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. (SNL reference from when the show was actually entertaining)

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2 hours ago, SDwaters said:

(SNL reference from when the show was actually entertaining)

That hasn't been true in soooooo long that I am amazed that it is still on the air - but then again I see all the promos for the garbage they produce today and I don't know why I should be surprised.