The fact checking site never fact checked itself – as their co-founder plagiarized dozens of articles and wrote fake content under a pseudonym.
A BuzzFeed investigation, along with an internal Snopes investigation, has revealed dozens of plagiarized stories by company CEO David Mikkelson.
Source: A Note From Snopes Writers About Co-Founder’s Plagiarism | Snopes.com
The irony of a fact checking “misinformation” detecting web site being full of fake articles and bylines.
They have confirmed the allegations but have not fired the co-founder. May be he can get Chris Cuomo’s or Michael Avenatti’s job at CNN?
I won’t be spending much time on Snopes anymore as they have self identified as a fake news service.
