http://www.factcheck.org/2009/04/snopescom/ ------- keith, you should know better than to report that chain mail shit on here. It makes you look like the idiots you run with.
On Oct 20, 2:58 pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > Many of us had suspicioned this, especially during the 2008 election when > Barbara Mikkelson, and her husband, "Milquetoast" covered up numerous > issues and prevaricately reported anything, "Obama", I especially recall > Snopes mis-stating the truth regarding Frankly Raines' and Jim Johnson's > (Fannie & Freddie Heads, and big pushers of the CRA) connection to the Obama > campaign. > ** > *Snopes Exposed* > ** > Snopes receives funding from an undisclosed source. The source is > undisclosed because Snopes refuses to disclose that source. The Democratic > Alliance, a funding channel for uber-Leftist (Marxist) Billionaires (George > Soros etc.), direct funds to an "Internet Propaganda Arm" pushing these > views. The Democratic Alliance has been reported to instruct Fundees to not > disclose their funding source. > > For the past few years > (www.snopes.com/<mhtml:{F13FC907-ED16-4625-B99F-FC7402DA3B1C}mid://00000414/!x-usc:http://www.snopescom/> > has > positioned itself, or others have labeled it, as the 'tell-all final word' > on any comment, claim and > email<mhtml:{F13FC907-ED16-4625-B99F-FC7402DA3B1C}mid://00000414/!x-usc:http://beforeitsnews.com/news/83/370/Snopes_Exposed.html>. > But for several years people tried to find out who exactly was behind > snopes.com<mhtml:{F13FC907-ED16-4625-B99F-FC7402DA3B1C}mid://00000414/!x-us > c:http://snopes.com/>. > It is run by a husband and wife team - that's right, no big > office<mhtml:{F13FC907-ED16-4625-B99F-FC7402DA3B1C}mid://00000414/!x-usc:http://beforeitsnews.com/news/83/370/Snopes_Exposed.html> > of > investigators and researchers, no team of lawyers. It's just a mom-and-pop > operation that began as a hobby. David and Barbara Mikkelson in the San > Fernando Valley of Californiastarted the website about 13 years ago and they > have no formal background or experience in investigative research. > > The reason for the questions - or skepticisms - is a result of > snopes.com<mhtml:{F13FC907-ED16-4625-B99F-FC7402DA3B1C}mid://00000414/!x-us > c:http://snopes.com/> > claiming > to have the bottom line facts to certain questions or issue when in fact > they have been proven wrong. Also, there were criticisms the Mikkelsons were > not really investigating and getting to the 'true' bottom of various issues. > > A few months ago, when my State Farm agent Bud Gregg in Mandeville hoisted a > political sign referencing Barack Obama and made a big splash across the > Internet<mhtml:{F13FC907-ED16-4625-B99F-FC7402DA3B1C}mid://00000414/!x-usc:http://beforeitsnews.com/news/83/370/Snopes_Exposed.html>, > 'supposedly' the Mikkelson's claim to have researched this issue before > posting their findings on > snopes.com<mhtml:{F13FC907-ED16-4625-B99F-FC7402DA3B1C}mid://00000414/!x-us > c:http://snopes.com/>. > In their statement they claimed the corporate office of State Farm pressured > Gregg into taking down the sign, when in fact nothing of the sort 'ever' > took place. I personally contacted David Mikkelson (and he replied back to > me) thinking he would want to get to the bottom of this and I gave him Bud > Gregg's contact phone numbers - and Bud was going to give him phone numbers > to the big exec's at State Farm in Illinois who would have been willing to > speak with him about it. He never called Bud. In fact, I learned from Bud > Gregg that no one from > snopes.com<mhtml:{F13FC907-ED16-4625-B99F-FC7402DA3B1C}mid://00000414/!x-us > c:http://snopes.com/> > ever > contacted anyone with State Farm. > > Yet, > snopes.com<mhtml:{F13FC907-ED16-4625-B99F-FC7402DA3B1C}mid://00000414/!x-us > c:http://snopes.com/> > issued > a statement as the 'final factual word' on the issue as if they did all > their homework and got to the bottom of things - not! > > Then it has been learned the Mikkelson's are very Democratic (party) and > extremely liberal. As we all now know from this presidential election, > liberals have a purpose agenda to discredit anything that appears to be > conservative. There has been much criticism lately over the Internet with > people pointing out the Mikkelson's liberalism revealing itself in their > website findings. Gee, what a shock? > > So, I say this now to everyone who goes to > snopes.com<mhtml:{F13FC907-ED16-4625-B99F-FC7402DA3B1C}mid://00000414/!x-us > c:http://snopes.com/> > to > get what they think to be the bottom line fact 'proceed with caution.' Take > what it says at face value and nothing more. Use it only to lead you to > their references where you can link to and read the sources for yourself. > Plus, you can always search a subject and do the research yourself. > > I have found this to be true also! Many videos of Obama I tried to verify on > Snopes and they said they were False. Then they gave their liberal slant! I > have suspected some problems with snopes for some time now, but I have only > caught them in half-truths. If there is any subjectivity they do an > immediate full left rudder. > > I have recently discovered that > Snopes.com<mhtml:{F13FC907-ED16-4625-B99F-FC7402DA3B1C}mid://00000414/!x-us > c:http://snopes.com/> > is > owned by a flaming liberal and this man is in the tank for Obama. There are > many things they have listed on their site as a hoax and yet you can go to > You tube yourself and find the video of Obama actually saying these things. > So you see, you cannot and should not > trustSnopes.com<mhtml:{F13FC907-ED16-4625-B99F-FC7402DA3B1C}mid://00000414/ > !x-usc:http://snopes.com/>, > ever for anything that remotely resembles truth! I don't even trust them to > tell me if email chains are hoaxes anymore. > > A few conservative speakers on MySpace told me about > Snopes.com<mhtml:{F13FC907-ED16-4625-B99F-FC7402DA3B1C}mid://00000414/!x-us > c:http://snopes.com/>. > A few months ago and I took it upon myself to do a little research to find > out if it was true. Well, I found out for myself that it is true. Anyway > just FYI please don't use > Snopes.com<mhtml:{F13FC907-ED16-4625-B99F-FC7402DA3B1C}mid://00000414/!x-us > c:http://snopes.com/> > anymore > for fact checking and make your friends aware of their political leanings as > well. Many people still > thinkSnopes.com<mhtml:{F13FC907-ED16-4625-B99F-FC7402DA3B1C}mid://00000414/ > !x-usc:http://thinksnopes.com/> > is > neutral and they can be trusted as factual. We need to make sure everyone is > aware that that is a hoax in itself. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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