Snopes (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Snopes" in English language version.

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Henry, Neil (2007). American Carnival: Journalism Under Siege in an Age of New Media. University of California Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-0520243422. The most widely known resource for validating or debunking rumors, myths, hoaxes, and urban legends in popular American culture is the website run by Barbara and David P. Mikkelson at www.snopes.com... .

archive.today

Green, Vinny; Mikkelson, David (February 1, 2019). "A Message to Our Community Regarding the Facebook Fact-Checking Partnership". Snopes.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.

bloomberg.com

"Snopes Meets $500K Crowdfunding Goal Amid Legal Battle". Bloomberg. Associated Press. July 25, 2017. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017.

books.google.com

Aspray, William; Cortada, James W. (August 12, 2019). From Urban Legends to Political Fact-Checking: Online Scrutiny in America, 1990-2015. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. p. 24. ISBN 978-3-030-22951-1. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
Porter, David (2013). "Usenet Communities and the Cultural Politics of Information". Internet Culture. Routledge. p. 48. ISBN 978-1135209049. Archived from the original on July 16, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2016. The two most notorious trollers in AFU, Ted Frank and snopes, are also two of the most consistent posters of serious research.

businessinsider.com

Lyons, Ron Jr. (August 13, 2021). "The CEO of fact-checking site Snopes was caught plagiarizing dozens of articles". Business Insider Australia. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.

buzzfeednews.com

Broderick, Ryan (July 31, 2019). "A Christian Satire Site Says Fact-Checkers Are Helping De-Platform Conservatives". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
"The Cofounder Of The Fact-Checking Site Snopes Was Writing Plagiarized Articles Under A Fake Name". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
Jones, Dean Sterling (August 13, 2021). "The Cofounder Of The Fact-Checking Site Snopes Was Writing Plagiarized Articles Under A Fake Name". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.

cnn.com

Nissen, Beth (October 3, 2001). "Hear the rumor? Nostradamus and other tall tales". CNN. Archived from the original on August 25, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2009.

courthousenews.com

Bruno, Bianca (May 10, 2017). "Fact-Checker Snopes' Owners Accused of Corporate Subterfuge". Courthouse News. Retrieved January 31, 2025. While Proper Media was already managing a significant amount of the operation of Snopes including all content and advertising accounts prior to acquiring shares in the company, the company says in its complaint that when its individual shareholders, including Vincent Green, gained a stake in Snopes a scam was launched to take over the website – one of the 1,000 most popular in the United States. But Proper Media says in its complaint that Mikkelson "was unhappy that Barbara maintained ownership of half of what he always considered to be his company after the divorce." Thus, Proper Media says, Green and Mikkelson conspired to gain majority control of Bardav and Snopes.com. Mikkelson and Green blocked its access to "personnel, accounts, tools and data necessary to manage Snopes," according to the lawsuit.

factcheck.org

"Ask FactCheck: Snopes.com". FactCheck.org. April 10, 2009. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2011.

fastcompany.com

Tattoli, Chantel; Jones, Dean Sterling (June 6, 2023). "Inside Snopes: the rise, fall, and rebirth of an internet icon". Fast Company. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.

jacksonville.com

Fader, Carole (September 28, 2012). "Fact Check: So who's checking the fact-finders? We are". The Florida Times-Union. Archived from the original on July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2016.

nationalreview.com

Seipp, Cathy (July 21, 2004). "Where Urban Legends Fall". National Review. Archived from the original on August 12, 2004. Retrieved February 7, 2014.

nbcnews.com

"Urban Legends Banned-April Fools'!". MSNBC. April 1, 2007. Archived from the original on October 13, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2009.

networkworld.com

"Fact-checking the fact-checkers: Snopes.com gets an 'A'". Network World. April 13, 2009. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014.

newspapers.com

Allison, Melissa (March 4, 2007). "Companies Find Rumors Hard to Kill on Internet". Herald and Review. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2018. (image 3).
Same article: "Corporations Combat Insistent Urban Legends on Internet". The Courier. March 4, 2007. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2018. (image 7).

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Fine, Doug (August 27, 2005). "Snopes.com: Debunking Myths in Cyberspace". NPR. Retrieved January 31, 2025. David Mikkelson's Web site is a verb. Along with Google, hip Web surfers now Snopes anything having to do with urban legends, pop culture myths and general folklore. ~. The 45-year-old and his wife, Barbara, founded Snopes.com on a whim back in 1995. The site gets its name from Mikkelson's old Internet nickname.

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Stelter, Brian (April 4, 2010). "Debunkers of Fictions Sift the Net". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 22, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
Stelter, Brian (April 4, 2010). "Debunkers of Fictions Sift the Net". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 6, 2010. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
Victor, Daniel (July 24, 2017). "Snopes, in Heated Legal Battle, Asks Readers for Money to Survive". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 25, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
Chokshi, Niraj (August 3, 2019). "Satire or Deceit? Christian Humor Site Feuds With Snopes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
Murphy, Heather (August 13, 2021). "Snopes Retracts 60 Articles Plagiarized by Co-Founder: 'Our Staff Are Gutted'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
Streitfeld, David (December 25, 2016). "For Fact Checking Website Snopes, a Bigger Role Brings More Attacks". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 28, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

poynter.org

Funke, Daniel (July 31, 2018). "Snopes fired its managing editor and she doesn't know why". Poynter. Poynter Institute. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2021.

quantcast.com

"Snopes.com Audience Insights". Quantcast. Archived from the original on October 13, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

rd.com

Hochman, David (March 2009). "Rumor Detectives: True Story or Online Hoax?". Reader's Digest. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2016.

seattletimes.com

"Tacoma-based Snopes, debunker of fake news, is locked in a nasty legal dispute". The Seattle Times. June 4, 2019. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
Lacitis, Erik (October 10, 2018). "Lies, lies and more lies. Out of an old Tacoma house, fact-checking site Snopes uncovers them". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.

sfgate.com

Bond, Paul (September 7, 2002). "Web site separates fact from urban legend". SFGATE. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2012.

snopes.com

"Disclosures". Snopes.com. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
"About Us". Snopes. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
"Frequently Asked Questions". Snopes. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2006. What are 'snopes'?
"Snopes Acquires On The Issues". Snopes. Retrieved April 13, 2019.^{[dead link‍]}
"Let's Make Fact-Checking Even Better". Snopes. August 16, 2019. Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
"Snopes on COVID-19 Fact-Checking". Snopes.com. March 21, 2020. Archived from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
"The Coronavirus Collection: Snopes Fact Checks About COVID-19". Snopes.com. February 28, 2020. Archived from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
"Urban Legends Reference Pages: Who Is Barack Obama?". Snopes. August 24, 2008. Retrieved January 22, 2008.
"Urban Legends Reference Pages: Frequently Asked Questions". Snopes. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2006. How do I know the information you've presented is accurate?
"Urban Legends Reference Pages: Round Rock Gangs". Snopes. July 21, 2011. Archived from the original on April 4, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
"Urban Legends Reference Pages: Lost Legends". Snopes. Retrieved June 9, 2006.
Green, Vinny; Mikkelson, David (February 1, 2019). "A Message to Our Community Regarding the Facebook Fact-Checking Partnership". Snopes.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.

theatlantic.com

Madrigal, Alexis C. (July 24, 2017). "Snopes Faces an Ugly Legal Battle". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on May 12, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2018.

theverge.com

Lyons, Kim (August 13, 2021). "Go read this report about a Snopes editor who plagiarized other news sites". The Verge. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
"Snopes says nope to Facebook's money and leaves fact-checking program". The Verge. February 1, 2019. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

twit.tv

"Triangulation 343 David Mikkelson, Snopes.com". TWiT.tv. Archived from the original on April 26, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.

washingtonmonthly.com

Potash, Eric (November 4, 2016). "Why It's So Hard to Find Out Where the Candidates Stand". Washington Monthly. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2019.

washingtonpost.com

Farhi, Paul (July 24, 2017). "Is Snopes.com, the original Internet fact-checker, going out of business?". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 27, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
Wemple, Erik (March 5, 2018). "Opinion | Facebook working on approach to classifying satirical news pieces". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 31, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
Izadi, Elahe (April 15, 2020). "There are so many coronavirus myths that even Snopes can't keep up". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 23, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.

web.archive.org

"Disclosures". Snopes.com. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
"How the Truth Set Snopes Free". Webby Awards. October 19, 2016. Archived from the original on December 17, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
Allison, Melissa (March 4, 2007). "Companies Find Rumors Hard to Kill on Internet". Herald and Review. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2018. (image 3).
Same article: "Corporations Combat Insistent Urban Legends on Internet". The Courier. March 4, 2007. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2018. (image 7).
"Triangulation 343 David Mikkelson, Snopes.com". TWiT.tv. Archived from the original on April 26, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
"About Us". Snopes. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
Tattoli, Chantel; Jones, Dean Sterling (June 6, 2023). "Inside Snopes: the rise, fall, and rebirth of an internet icon". Fast Company. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
Stelter, Brian (April 4, 2010). "Debunkers of Fictions Sift the Net". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 22, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
"Frequently Asked Questions". Snopes. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2006. What are 'snopes'?
Bond, Paul (September 7, 2002). "Web site separates fact from urban legend". SFGATE. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
Porter, David (2013). "Usenet Communities and the Cultural Politics of Information". Internet Culture. Routledge. p. 48. ISBN 978-1135209049. Archived from the original on July 16, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2016. The two most notorious trollers in AFU, Ted Frank and snopes, are also two of the most consistent posters of serious research.
Seipp, Cathy (July 21, 2004). "Where Urban Legends Fall". National Review. Archived from the original on August 12, 2004. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
Stelter, Brian (April 4, 2010). "Debunkers of Fictions Sift the Net". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 6, 2010. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
"Snopes.com Audience Insights". Quantcast. Archived from the original on October 13, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
Madrigal, Alexis C. (July 24, 2017). "Snopes Faces an Ugly Legal Battle". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on May 12, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
Farhi, Paul (July 24, 2017). "Is Snopes.com, the original Internet fact-checker, going out of business?". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 27, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
Victor, Daniel (July 24, 2017). "Snopes, in Heated Legal Battle, Asks Readers for Money to Survive". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 25, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
"Snopes Meets $500K Crowdfunding Goal Amid Legal Battle". Bloomberg. Associated Press. July 25, 2017. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
Funke, Daniel (July 31, 2018). "Snopes fired its managing editor and she doesn't know why". Poynter. Poynter Institute. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
Potash, Eric (November 4, 2016). "Why It's So Hard to Find Out Where the Candidates Stand". Washington Monthly. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
Wemple, Erik (March 5, 2018). "Opinion | Facebook working on approach to classifying satirical news pieces". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 31, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
Chokshi, Niraj (August 3, 2019). "Satire or Deceit? Christian Humor Site Feuds With Snopes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
Broderick, Ryan (July 31, 2019). "A Christian Satire Site Says Fact-Checkers Are Helping De-Platform Conservatives". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
"Let's Make Fact-Checking Even Better". Snopes. August 16, 2019. Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
"Tacoma-based Snopes, debunker of fake news, is locked in a nasty legal dispute". The Seattle Times. June 4, 2019. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
"Snopes on COVID-19 Fact-Checking". Snopes.com. March 21, 2020. Archived from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
"The Coronavirus Collection: Snopes Fact Checks About COVID-19". Snopes.com. February 28, 2020. Archived from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
Lyons, Ron Jr. (August 13, 2021). "The CEO of fact-checking site Snopes was caught plagiarizing dozens of articles". Business Insider Australia. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
Lyons, Kim (August 13, 2021). "Go read this report about a Snopes editor who plagiarized other news sites". The Verge. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
"The Cofounder Of The Fact-Checking Site Snopes Was Writing Plagiarized Articles Under A Fake Name". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
Murphy, Heather (August 13, 2021). "Snopes Retracts 60 Articles Plagiarized by Co-Founder: 'Our Staff Are Gutted'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
Jones, Dean Sterling (August 13, 2021). "The Cofounder Of The Fact-Checking Site Snopes Was Writing Plagiarized Articles Under A Fake Name". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
Nissen, Beth (October 3, 2001). "Hear the rumor? Nostradamus and other tall tales". CNN. Archived from the original on August 25, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
"Urban Legends Banned-April Fools'!". MSNBC. April 1, 2007. Archived from the original on October 13, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
Hochman, David (March 2009). "Rumor Detectives: True Story or Online Hoax?". Reader's Digest. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
Lacitis, Erik (October 10, 2018). "Lies, lies and more lies. Out of an old Tacoma house, fact-checking site Snopes uncovers them". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
"Urban Legends Reference Pages: Frequently Asked Questions". Snopes. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2006. How do I know the information you've presented is accurate?
"Urban Legends Reference Pages: Round Rock Gangs". Snopes. July 21, 2011. Archived from the original on April 4, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
"Ask FactCheck: Snopes.com". FactCheck.org. April 10, 2009. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
"Fact-checking the fact-checkers: Snopes.com gets an 'A'". Network World. April 13, 2009. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014.
Fader, Carole (September 28, 2012). "Fact Check: So who's checking the fact-finders? We are". The Florida Times-Union. Archived from the original on July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
Streitfeld, David (December 25, 2016). "For Fact Checking Website Snopes, a Bigger Role Brings More Attacks". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 28, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
Izadi, Elahe (April 15, 2020). "There are so many coronavirus myths that even Snopes can't keep up". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 23, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
"Snopes says nope to Facebook's money and leaves fact-checking program". The Verge. February 1, 2019. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

webbyawards.com

"How the Truth Set Snopes Free". Webby Awards. October 19, 2016. Archived from the original on December 17, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2018.

wired.com

Dean, Michelle (September 20, 2017). "Snopes and the Search for Facts in a Post-Fact World". Wired. Retrieved December 10, 2018.

worldcat.org

search.worldcat.org

Chokshi, Niraj (August 3, 2019). "Satire or Deceit? Christian Humor Site Feuds With Snopes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
Murphy, Heather (August 13, 2021). "Snopes Retracts 60 Articles Plagiarized by Co-Founder: 'Our Staff Are Gutted'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.

yahoo.com

Snopes Media Group (September 23, 2022). "Snopes Co-Owners Acquire All Remaining Shares of the Company, Bringing Total Stake to 100%". Retrieved January 31, 2024. Snopes, the world's leading fact-checking site, today announced that two of its shareholders, Chris Richmond and Drew Schoentrup, have acquired 100% of the company. ~. Effective Sept. 16, Mikkelson stepped down as chief executive officer and stepped down from the Snopes Board of Directors. Richmond, who has served as a board member of Snopes since 2018, has assumed the role of chief executive officer