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Snopes.com (), officially the Urban Legends Reference Pages, is a web site discussing urban legends, Internet rumors, e-mail forwards, and other stories of uncertain or questionable origin. It is a well known resource for validating and debunking such stories in American popular culture, receiving 300,000 visits a day.

Snopes is run by Barbara and David Mikkelson, a California couple who met on the alt.folklore.urban newsgroup. The site is organized by topic and includes a message board where stories and pictures of questionable veracity may be posted. The Mikkelsons founded the San Fernando Valley Folklore Society and were credited as the owners of the site until 2005.

Websites

snopes.com: Urban Legends Reference Pages
Welcome to snopes.com, the definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation. Use the search box above to locate ...www.snopes.com

FactCheck.org : snopes
Q: Is Snopes.com run by "very Democratic" proprietors? Did they lie to discredit a State Farm insurance agent who attacked Obama? A: A chain e-mail that "exposed ...factcheck.org/tag/snopes

Snopes.com - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Snopes.com, officially the Urban Legends Reference Pages, is a web site discussing urban legends, Internet rumors, e-mail forwards, and other stories of uncertain or ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snopes

Michelle Obama does not have a license to practice law - snopes.com
Urban Legends > Politics ... http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/lawlicenses.aspmessage.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=37651

snopes.com - Powered by vBulletin
Welcome to the snopes.com. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can ...message.snopes.com/index.php

FactCheck.org : Snopes.com
Q: Is Snopes.com run by "very Democratic" proprietors? Did they lie to discredit a State Farm insurance agent who attacked Obama? A: A chain e-mail that "exposed ...www.factcheck.org/2009/04/snopescom

Video
Top 11 SnopesMonday, 07 May 2012 00:18:30
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Opie & Anthony: Ted SnopesSaturday, 28 April 2012 08:59:49
Web Watch: Snopes.comThursday, 24 February 2011 22:50:07
Snopes Before You Send (Original) - Media ShowSunday, 22 August 2010 07:30:58
Ted Snopes on Opie and AnthonyFriday, 01 July 2011 14:23:29
Blogs

Duotrope - Publication Details: Bartleby Snopes
Bartleby Snopes is an online literary magazine with several goals in mind. We want to publish the best new fiction we can find. We want to give the many writers that are out there an opportunity to publish their best work. We want to inspire you ...Duotrope's DigestThursday, July 10, 2008 6:28 PMhttp://www.duotrope.com/

xkcd: Snopes
Permanent link to this comic: http://xkcd.com/250/ Image URL (for hotlinking/embedding): http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/snopes.png. Another urban legend? You should check out Snopes before sending me this stuff. Oops; yeah. Man, Snopes is ...unknownSunday, September 30, 2007 10:03 AMhttp://www.xkcd.com/

"I don't use Snopes anymore."
So said a dearly loved friend of mine today. "Why?", I asked. "Because they never say anything bad about Obama. Every time I look something up, they say it isn't true." Something must be wrong with this picture. :confused:Dennis M. ScottSaturday, May 19, 2012 10:16 PMhttp://www.naznet.com/community/index.php

Stories, etc.: Snopes NO More!
Snopes NO More! Many of the emails that I have sent or forwarded that had any anti Obama in it were negated by Snopes. I thought that was odd. Check this out. Shades of Krystalnacht Snopes, Soros and the Supreme ...Mr. DWednesday, May 16, 2012 3:30 AMhttp://best-of-stories-etc.blogspot.com/

Does Snopes.com have a liberal bias? - Straight Dope Message ...
I've read mutters-and-whispers to that effect on some messageboards (never this one). Mainly because Snopes is always debunking RW spam emails, like this. (Such emails, BTW, often come from a highly organized source.) ...BrainGluttonSunday, May 13, 2012 3:39 PMhttp://boardstest.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php

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News

Email regarding home tax misleading - Toledo Blade
In April, 2010, when the Affordable Care Act was passed and the email started circulating, Snopes.com and FactCheck.org declared it false. PolitiFact.com gave it a "pants on fire" rating. That hasn't stopped the misinformation from spreading.Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:22 AMwww.toledoblade.com

Patriots and the lapel pin - Tulsa World (blog)
It's easily debunked at Snopes.com. You can check for yourself. I'll simply say that it is a lie. Obama wasn't even on “Meet the Press” on the Sunday the email says he was. When did wearing an American flag on your lapel become the litmus test for ...Friday, May 18, 2012 4:34 PMwww.tulsaworld.com

Typos Tip Off a Birther Resurgence - The Atlantic Wire
This one is so old, though, that it was debunked way back in 2009 by the Internet's leading email-forward debunker, Snopes.com, as some sloppy headline writing by a Kenyan web site. Still, bigtime bloggers like CNN's Erick Erickson, the Daily Caller's ...Friday, May 18, 2012 1:47 PMwww.theatlanticwire.com

'Dean of Christian talk radio' succumbs to cancer - WND.com
The creator of TruthOrFiction.com, a Snopes-style website that researches Internet stories, his articles appeared in many newspapers and magazines internationally. He made appearances on major networks, including CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, CBC, MSNBC, ...Wednesday, May 16, 2012 10:54 PMwww.wnd.com

Democrats refuse to apologize to NYPD for anti-cop amendment - Examiner.com
"Holt practically scolded the NYPD saying they infiltrated neighborhoods because they were Muslim," Snopes said. "That congressman sitting safely in his heavily guarded workplace should be praising the NYPD." In an official statement promulgated on ...Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:05 PMwww.examiner.com

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