(Jim Hoft) The founder of the far-left Internet website Snopes allegedly embezzled and spent nearly $100,000 on prostitutes during his divorce from his first wife.
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Snopes Co-Founder Wrote Under Fake Names in Now Deleted ‘Stories’ Targeting Trump, Bannon, and More.
(Catherine Salgado) BuzzFeed News uncovered the evidence that Mikkelson wrote under an assumed identity for Snopes, and plagiarized extensively between 2015 and 2019. Mikkelson claimed to be a “bulwark in the fight against rumors and fake news. But he has been lying to the site’s tens of millions of readers,” noted Buzzfeed. In an internal review prompted by BuzzFeed News’ inquiries, Snopes confirmed Mikkelson wrote and published 54 articles containing plagiarized material from outlets such as Reuters and the Guardian. The articles were published under Mikkelson’s own name, the “Snopes byline,” and a pseudonym, and included topics such as “same-sex marriage licenses.”