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    Snopes.com Implodes, Resorts To GoFundMe

    Snopes.com is a failed liberal blog from 1994. The website claims to
    be the internet’s oldest and most popular fact-checking site. Last
    year, Snopes Co-Founder was accused of embezzling company money, and spending it on prostitutes.

    Now you can find the blog begging for $500k in funding via GoFundMe. So, far the campaign has raised $18,000 in 3 hours via 710 people...

    More at: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-0...sorts-gofundme
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    We need you! Help #SaveSnopes!


    SNOPES.COM COMMUNITY: WE NEED YOUR HELP
    Snopes.com in Danger of Shuttering
    Dear Readers,

    Snopes.com, which began as a small one-person effort in 1994 and has since become one of the Internet’s oldest and most popular fact-checking sites, is in danger of closing its doors. So, for the first time in our history, we are turning to you, our readership, for help.


    Since our inception, we have always been a self-sustaining site that provides a free service to the online world: we've had no sponsors, no outside investors or funding, and no source of revenue other than that provided by online advertising. Unfortunately, we have been cut off from our historic source of advertising income.


    We had previously contracted with an outside vendor to provide certain services for Snopes.com. That contractual relationship ended earlier this year, but the vendor will not acknowledge the change in contractual status and continues to essentially hold the Snopes.com web site hostage. Although we maintain editorial control (for now), the vendor will not relinquish the site’s hosting to our control, so we cannot modify the site, develop it, or — most crucially — place advertising on it. The vendor continues to insert their own ads and has been withholding the advertising revenue from us.


    Our legal team is fighting hard for us, but, having been cut off from all revenue, we are facing the prospect of having no financial means to continue operating the site and paying our staff (not to mention covering our legal fees) in the meanwhile.



    As misinformation has increasingly threatened democracies around the world (including our own), Snopes.com has stood in the forefront of fighting for truth and dispelling misinformation online. It is vital that these efforts continue, so we are asking the Snopes.com community to donate what they can. (Our suggested donation is $10, but if you can give more please consider doing so — every little bit helps.)


    We need our community now more than ever, as it is only through your support that Snopes.com can remain the community and resource we all know and love.


    Sincerely yours,


    Team Snopes
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    $146,341 of $500k goal

    Raised by 5,031 people in 7 hours
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    $146,341 of $500k goal


    Raised by 5,031 people in 7 hours
    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    It's a balance between appeasing his supporters, appeasing the deep state and reaching his own goals.
    ~Resident Badgiraffe




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    As misinformation has increasingly threatened democracies around the world (including our own)
    Misinformation?

    The US government is not a democracy.

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    "Fact checking" has become the new way to spread liberal propaganda. There are a ton of examples but a couple that I can remember off the top of my head.

    Social Security/Medicare
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.24e3a4946a1f and then this article on NPR totally refutes it but the "fact check" is still up. http://www.npr.org/2011/08/06/139027...y-211-trillion

    This one tries to refute that the rise in single parent households was caused by the Great Society.
    http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...rge-rise-afri/ It doesn't take anytime to find sources to provided a reasonable view supporting the claim. http://reason.com/archives/1984/12/0...r-from-welfare http://www.heritage.org/welfare/repo...at-do-about-it
    Last edited by Krugminator2; 07-24-2017 at 04:17 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Krugminator2 View Post
    "Fact checking" has become the new way to spread liberal propaganda.
    Remember this worn out meme: reality has a liberal bias?



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    Man I grew up in the wrong era . I would have had a multitude of crazy ass liberal web sites and used the money to fund all kinds of things .
    Do something Danke

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Federalist View Post
    Misinformation?

    The US government is not a democracy.
    IDK,a sophist or political speechwriter could say representative republicanism is a form of indirect democracy and therefore “democracy”. IMO Amendment 27 pretty well made Murica all but a democracy. #gettingtechnical
    Quote Originally Posted by Torchbearer
    what works can never be discussed online. there is only one language the government understands, and until the people start speaking it by the magazine full... things will remain the same.
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    I would not call Snopes (originally a married couple - David and Barbara Mikkelson - just using their computer and Google to look things up) "liberal."

    They protected certain industries, including Big Pharma and Big Ag. These cartels are bastions of Republicanism. Snopes will attack anything in the alternative media, so their demise is sure since the alternative media finally beat out the corporate "mainstream media" and their anointed candidate this past election.

    The reason they are in trouble now is because the Mikkelsons are going through a messy divorce, as David ran off with a woman who runs an escort service, and this news got out to the public.

    The fact that so many are still duped by this website shows just how mindless the American public is.
    There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
    (1 John 4:18)

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    Cool

    Quote Originally Posted by oyarde View Post
    Man I grew up in the wrong era . I would have had a multitude of crazy ass liberal web sites and used the money to fund all kinds of things .
    If I was young in this era I would own half the world and you would own the other half.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    Snopes Co-Founder was accused of embezzling company money, and spending it on prostitutes.
    Snopes "fact-checking" confirms that these antics had nothing to do with the company's downfall.
    Last edited by AZJoe; 07-25-2017 at 06:55 AM.
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    They Are NOT Broke—Snopes’ GoFundMe Is a Scam To Fund a Dirty Divorce
    The fact checking website, Snopes, has launched a GoFundMe, claiming to be broke. But if we look behind the scenes, we see what's really going on.

    By Matt Agorist - July 24, 2017



    Snopes is in trouble. According to a self-launched fund raiser, the ostensible fact-checking website, founded in 1994, is on the financial ropes and needs your support to stay open. A GoFundMe for the supposed hoax-debunking site has since been setup and is going viral. If it continues raising money at this current rate, it will easily surpass its goal of $500,000 by the end of the day.

    While Twitter followers flock en masse to throw money at David Mikkelson, one of the controlling partners in the Snopes business, they’d do well to understand why it is he has no money.

    Snopes, as a business — is not broke. David Mikkelson — who’s been accused of defrauding the website to pay for prostitution — is broke.

    Snopes’ estimated value is in the tens of millions, with a daily revenue intake around five figures — a day. They are currently ranked in the top 2,600 websites globally as well as being in the top 700 domestically. The behemoth ‘fact-checker’ is nowhere near being broke.

    However, thanks to a dirty divorce between David Mikkelson and his ex-wife Barbara Mikkelson, the company has turned into a glorious $#@! show.

    If you read their GoFundMe page, David alleges the site is being “held hostage” by a “vendor” it contracted with in 2015 and ended its ties with this spring. He claims that the Snopes site and this “vendor” are engaged in a legal battle that could eliminate their “financial means to continue operating the site and paying our staff (not to mention covering our legal fees) in the meanwhile.”

    Read more: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/sno...zen.yandex.com
    “The spirits of darkness are now among us. We have to be on guard so that we may realize what is happening when we encounter them and gain a real idea of where they are to be found. The most dangerous thing you can do in the immediate future will be to give yourself up unconsciously to the influences which are definitely present.” ~ Rudolf Steiner

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    Quote Originally Posted by donnay View Post
    They Are NOT Broke—Snopes’ GoFundMe Is a Scam To Fund a Dirty Divorce
    The fact checking website, Snopes, has launched a GoFundMe, claiming to be broke. But if we look behind the scenes, we see what's really going on.

    By Matt Agorist - July 24, 2017



    Snopes is in trouble. According to a self-launched fund raiser, the ostensible fact-checking website, founded in 1994, is on the financial ropes and needs your support to stay open. A GoFundMe for the supposed hoax-debunking site has since been setup and is going viral. If it continues raising money at this current rate, it will easily surpass its goal of $500,000 by the end of the day.

    While Twitter followers flock en masse to throw money at David Mikkelson, one of the controlling partners in the Snopes business, they’d do well to understand why it is he has no money.

    Snopes, as a business — is not broke. David Mikkelson — who’s been accused of defrauding the website to pay for prostitution — is broke.

    Snopes’ estimated value is in the tens of millions, with a daily revenue intake around five figures — a day. They are currently ranked in the top 2,600 websites globally as well as being in the top 700 domestically. The behemoth ‘fact-checker’ is nowhere near being broke.

    However, thanks to a dirty divorce between David Mikkelson and his ex-wife Barbara Mikkelson, the company has turned into a glorious $#@! show.

    If you read their GoFundMe page, David alleges the site is being “held hostage” by a “vendor” it contracted with in 2015 and ended its ties with this spring. He claims that the Snopes site and this “vendor” are engaged in a legal battle that could eliminate their “financial means to continue operating the site and paying our staff (not to mention covering our legal fees) in the meanwhile.”

    Read more: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/sno...zen.yandex.com
    Part of the Read more:

    As Claire Bernish so eloquently pointed out last year, one point incontestably underpinning the personal battle behind the scenes at the company demands an urgent question — with money as the seemingly only motivator, can the public ever be assured Snopes’ checked facts are accurate at all?
    Hmm, let's see, where could that money have come from?

    Quote Originally Posted by Created4 View Post

    They protected certain industries, including Big Pharma and Big Ag... Snopes will attack anything in the alternative media
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post


    Hmm, let's see, where could that money have come from?
    From: Snopes Exposed: A Look at the “Fake News” Watch Dogs

    Snopes claims to be unbiased with no outside influence, and yet, as news reports recently revealed through the divorce proceedings of David Mikkelson from his former wife Barbara, he was receiving a salary of $240,000.00 a year, and believed he should be earning $720,000.00 a year, while maintaining bank accounts in excess of millions of dollars.

    If this simple Internet website does not receive outside influence, where is all this money coming from?
    There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
    (1 John 4:18)



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