Snopes Exposed

Not sure who to believe anymore! Snopes.com could no longer be trusted. It was just a matter of time for Snopes.com to be defrocked and exposed.

For the past few years, Snopes.com had positioned itself [and many believed it] as the 'final word' on various issues and subjects. But recently, inconsistencies in Snopes.com's opinion have surfaced, which caused some people to find out what and who Snopes.com actually is Wikipedia got into the act and tried to get to the bottom of it. Well, as it turned out, Snopes.com is run by a husband and wife team, and not some truly bona fide group of investigators and researchers. It is a mom-and-pop operation which began as a hobby for David and Barbara Mikkelson of San Fernando, California about 13 years ago. The Mikkelsons have no formal background or experience in investigative research. Yet after a few years Snopes.com gained popularity, and many accepted Snopes.com's word to be unbiased and unvarnished truth until some people detected some inconsistencies, and these doubting Thomases started to ask questions about Snopes.com's claims and reliability.

For instance, a State Farm Insurance agent, Bud Gregg, of Mandeville, Illinois posted an anti-Obama political which made a big splash in the Internet. According to Snopes.com [the Mikkelsons], they researched the issue and posted their findings on Snopes.com. In their statement they claimed that the corporate office of State Farm pressured Gregg to take down the Internet sign, when in fact nothing of the sort ever took place. Someone also personally contacted David Mikkelson thinking he would want to get to the bottom of the matter, and gave him Bud Gregg's phone number(s). But according to Gregg, Mikkelson never called him (Gregg). In fact, according to Bud Gregg, no one from Snopes.com ever contacted him or anyone at State Farm. Yet, Snopes.com issued a statement claiming that it had the 'final factual word' on the issue making it appear as if they did their homework and got to the bottom of things when in reality, as it turned out, Snopes.com did not!

Then, it had since been additionally learned that Snopes.com --- the Mikkelsons--- are die-hard and very pro-Obama California Democrats and extreme liberals. [Also, it had since become blatantly obvious that liberals have an agenda to discredit anything that "appeared to be" conservative.]

Therefore, from now on, the bottom line is: whoever goes to Snopes.com to get what they think is the "truth" should proceed with caution. It is best to do one's own serious research if one is truly concerned about any topic or issue rather than merely take the word of Snopes.com. While TruthOrFiction.com might be a better source at this time, still one has to proceed with caution and make sure to not readily believe anything which any self-appointed e-mail and Internet police might claim or say!

Alan Strong, CEO/Chairman
Commercial Programming Systems, Inc.
4400 Coldwater Canyon Ave. Suite 200
Studio City, California 91604-5039