Michael Hartley Loc: Deer Capital of Georgia

Mr, and Mrs, Snopes are not spring chickens anymore. Since they seem to have the final say, in most any, and every thing?

Who are ya'll gonna fact check through, or with, when these folks are gone?

Robert Graybeal Loc: Myrtle Beach

Don't worry, Soros will buy another Mr and Mrs Snoops.

AzGriz Loc: Sedona, Arizona

Seems you do not know the history of Snopes, which has been published several times over the years. It started out as a phony site where, if no information was readily available, they just guessed at the answers and sometimes gave false backup information. Then, when it gained popularity, George Soros saw it as a way to control the information on the internet and donated $1 million to fund the program. How well do you think you can trust any of the information they provide when their major contributor is George Soros. If you are a voter, I sure hope you know the background on George Soros.

traveler90712 Loc: Lake Worth, Fl.

You can always use;

www.factcheck.org

thegrover Loc: Yorba Linda, CA

Frapha Loc: Tulsa, Oklahoma

FredB Loc: A little below the Mason-Dixon line.

Number of atoms of truth in this post: 0. Soros has nothing to do with Snopes.com - it's a website run by a dorky couple in Canada for cryin' out loud. Wacky conservative nutballs keep bitching and moaning about Snopes because 90% of the nonsense on the net originates with wacky conservative nutballs, and they get chagrined at being called out by Snopes. Snopes has nailed dopey Democrats just as often, but the dopey Democrats know better than to blame Snopes for their idiocy.

And please don't respond to this post with some idiotic line like "You must be one of them lib-tards". All conservatives do when they act like that is reinforce the impression that they're crusty old farts.

Great conservatives of the past never had to resort to that sort of nonsense. Goldwater never did. Mencken never did. Even Reagan never did.

Hoot72 Loc: Lexington, KY

The Mikkelsons, owners and operators of the Snopes site, do not agree with the reference to George Soros. No offense meant, and I hope none is taken, but here is their account: http://www.snopes.com/info/aboutus.asp. Contained therein is a direct denial to revenue from Soros or anyone outside their family and web advertising.

Admittedly, it is "their" account, but I have used them regularly since their inception and remain loyal as to their verasity, and so do many other "official" and "non-official" entities.

I have even seen them change their "published" stance when later evidence developed by them or other reliabloe sources, was sufficient to change their opinion or facts. :|

Here's what factcheck.org has to say: http://www.factcheck.org/2009/04/snopescom/.

thegrover Loc: Yorba Linda, CA

Thank you
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lfdavis Loc: Pelham, Alabama

Number of "wacky conservative nutballs" in this post: 2.
And you don't want to be called a lib-tard???

Tom H Loc: St. Louis, MO

You should have checked your "Facts" out before making your silly accusations. The most reliable and best source for checking the strange junk that comes over the Internet is www.snopes.com They exist because so many foolish people believe anything negative or preposterous that they read on the Internet and pass it on as though it were proven facts. In other words, they exist because of just the kind of thing you did in posting your statement.

I totally believe the results from checking your statements with Snopes. If you wish, you can check it on other hoax busting type web sites. Snopes says:

"The snopes.com website was founded by Barbara and David Mikkelson, who live and work in the Los Angeles area. What they began in 1995 as an expression of their shared interest in researching urban legends has since grown into what is widely regarded by folklorists, journalists, and laypersons alike as one of the World Wide Web's essential resources. Snopes.com is routinely included in annual "Best of the Web" lists and has been the recipient of two Webby awards. The Mikkelsons have made multiple appearances as guests on national news programs such as 20/20, ABC World News, CNN Sunday Morning, and NPR's All Things Considered, and they and their work have been profiled in numerous major news publications, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and an April 2009 Reader's Digest feature ("The Rumor Detectives") published as part of that magazine's "Your America: Inspiring People and Stories" series.

With over 15 years' experience as professional researchers and writers, the Mikkelsons have created in snopes.com what has come to be regarded as an online touchstone of rumor research. Their work has been described as painstaking, scholarly, and reliable, and has been lauded by the world's top folklorists, including Jan Harold Brunvand, Gary Alan Fine, and Patricia Turner. The couple has been approached by many publishers and publisher's agents about doing a series of books, but they remain uncommitted at this time, preferring instead to continue focusing their efforts on their web site. Nevertheless, hundreds of the Mikkelsons' articles have been cited by authors in a variety of disciplines (an October 2011 search of Google Books for such citations netted 6,230 results for Barbara Mikkelson alone), and various of their articles have been published in textbooks currently in use in the U.S. and Canadian school systems.

Because snopes.com is all about rumors, it was only a matter of time before rumors began to circulate about it and its operators, such as the following:
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.
The snopes.com web site is (and always has been) a completely independent, self-sufficient entity wholly owned by its operators, Barbara and David Mikkelson, and funded through advertising revenues. Neither the site nor its operators has ever received monies from (or been engaged in any business or editorial relationship with), any sponsor, investor, partner, political party, religious group, business organization, government agency, or any other outside group or organization.

Barbara Mikkelson is a Canadian citizen and as such cannot vote in U.S. elections, register an affiliation with a U.S. political party, or donate to any U.S. political campaign or candidate. David Mikkelson is an American citizen whose participation in U.S. politics has never extended beyond periodically exercising his civic duty at the ballot box. As FactCheck confirmed in April 2009, David is a registered independent who has never donated to, or worked on behalf of, any political campaign or party. The Mikkelsons are wholly apolitical, vastly preferring their quiet scholarly lives in the company of their cats to any political considerations."

FredB Loc: A little below the Mason-Dixon line.

Well, by you, not a problem. We can see you're serious and well thought out.

lfdavis Loc: Pelham, Alabama

Really? What exactly DO you see?

GAClowers Loc: Tacoma, Washington

I use "truth or fiction"