Snopes 'in danger of closing doors'
Posted: 07-27-2017 11:14 AM
When any thing becomes sooo "Politicized" one way or another, it becomes a "useless" tool. Too bad ,for us that would just like a" fact "here and there so we can "think" for ourselves. How "Unfashionable" can you get?
'Hookers, lies and fraud': Snopes 'in danger of closing doors'
So-called “fact-checking” website Snopes.com is reportedly on the verge of financial collapse since one if its founders has been accused of using company cash to fund his contentious divorce and to pay for fancy vacations with his new wife, a former escort and porn actress.
image: http://www.wnd.com/files/2017/02/Snopes ... 00x152.jpg
The financial situation has apparently become so dire that Snopes owner David Mikkelson launched a crowd-funding website to solicit donations, according to London’s Daily Mail. Readers contributed more than $500,000 in just the first 24 hours.
As WND has reported, Snopes.com, a website that’s been around since 1995, is sometimes cited by other “fact-checking” sites to support their claims. Facebook has even indicated it plans to use Snopes as one of its arbiters of “fake news.” But WND revealed the site has been criticized by conservatives for a left-leaning bias and admits it has no standard procedure for fact-checking.
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http://www.wnd.com/2017/07/hookers-lies ... ing-doors/
'Hookers, lies and fraud': Snopes 'in danger of closing doors'
So-called “fact-checking” website Snopes.com is reportedly on the verge of financial collapse since one if its founders has been accused of using company cash to fund his contentious divorce and to pay for fancy vacations with his new wife, a former escort and porn actress.
image: http://www.wnd.com/files/2017/02/Snopes ... 00x152.jpg
The financial situation has apparently become so dire that Snopes owner David Mikkelson launched a crowd-funding website to solicit donations, according to London’s Daily Mail. Readers contributed more than $500,000 in just the first 24 hours.
As WND has reported, Snopes.com, a website that’s been around since 1995, is sometimes cited by other “fact-checking” sites to support their claims. Facebook has even indicated it plans to use Snopes as one of its arbiters of “fake news.” But WND revealed the site has been criticized by conservatives for a left-leaning bias and admits it has no standard procedure for fact-checking.
Complete Article
http://www.wnd.com/2017/07/hookers-lies ... ing-doors/