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I'm not familiar with the other contributors. I know of David Mikkelson and Barbara Hamel from alt.folklore.urban, and snopes.com was founded by them, and was

• protomyth 10y ago
  I think one of the problems is that people who are familiar with the original contributors are transferring that trust to new staff doing the political side.
  • michaelchisari 10y ago
    Can you share your reasons for not trusting snopes debunking of fake news?
    • protomyth 10y ago
      Because they hired an author who is a liberal pundit[1][2]. I'm fine with her being a liberal. I also fine with honest pundits of all stripes, but I'm not ok with that in a fact checking site. I think if you are going to claim to do political fact checking, you really need to hire someone who isn't a political pundit. It results in other pundit sites doing this[3]. 1) http://www.inquisitr.com/132960/good-job-teahadists-obama-advisor-acknowledges-tea-party-downgrade/ http://www.inquisitr.com/132960/good-job-teahadists-obama-ad... 2) http://www.inquisitr.com/402558/scandal-envy-behind-petraeus-drama-allegations-obama-ignored-benghazi/ http://www.inquisitr.com/402558/scandal-envy-behind-petraeus... 3) http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/28/snopes-caught-lying-about-lack-of-american-flags-at-democratic-convention/ http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/28/snopes-caught-lying-about-...
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