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Liberal Snopes in trouble

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:51 pm
by Techmomof2
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... lying.html

'Fact checking' website Snopes on verge of collapse after founder is accused of fraud, lies, and putting prostitutes and his honeymoon on expenses (and it hasn't told its readers THOSE facts)

'Fact-checking' website Snopes is asking its users for help in a GoFundMe saying an 'outside vendor' is 'holding it hostage'

But the site which claims to be 'transparent' and to tell people the facts they need to know hasn't told those donating everything that is going on
In fact it is at the center of a bitter legal battle with its CEO being accused of fraud, lies, conspiracy and putting prostitutes and his honeymoon on expenses

David Mikkelson set up company which owns Snopes.com in 2003 with then wife Barbara but she sold her 50 per cent stake during bitter divorce

Owners of company which provided it with tech and advertising services bought her stake but have now fallen out with Mikkelson and call him a fraudster

Case could see judge order site closed - despite it being chosen by Facebook to arbitrate on fake news.

Re: Liberal Snopes in trouble

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2017 3:05 pm
by Bay_area_Hokie
I envy these people that have these simple little websites that make it rain money. Craigslist is another one.

Money certainly drives people to insanity though. All their fighting and bad behavior is because they can't handle it.

Re: Liberal Snopes in trouble

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2017 3:16 pm
by cwtcr hokie
Techmomof2 wrote:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... lying.html

'Fact checking' website Snopes on verge of collapse after founder is accused of fraud, lies, and putting prostitutes and his honeymoon on expenses (and it hasn't told its readers THOSE facts)

'Fact-checking' website Snopes is asking its users for help in a GoFundMe saying an 'outside vendor' is 'holding it hostage'

But the site which claims to be 'transparent' and to tell people the facts they need to know hasn't told those donating everything that is going on
In fact it is at the center of a bitter legal battle with its CEO being accused of fraud, lies, conspiracy and putting prostitutes and his honeymoon on expenses

David Mikkelson set up company which owns Snopes.com in 2003 with then wife Barbara but she sold her 50 per cent stake during bitter divorce

Owners of company which provided it with tech and advertising services bought her stake but have now fallen out with Mikkelson and call him a fraudster

Case could see judge order site closed - despite it being chosen by Facebook to arbitrate on fake news.
this has been around for awhile, the idiot has the site hosted and is not paying his hosting company.... which means his services will be terminated

I worked for a data center for 10 years and cut off many many sites due to them not paying, the ones that needed the data or the hosting miraculously came up with the cash once I suspended them, the other ones either were actually broke or moved their site to a cheaper hoster or one that did not have good collections and did not mind being not paid