Snopes co-founder banned for plagiarizing dozens of stories on fact-checking site
Snopes has been exposed as a plagiarist, according to a BuzzFeed News investigation.David Mikkelson, who launched Snopes in 1995 with a mission to be “the internet’s definitive fact-checking site,” was suspended by his company, Doreen Marchionni, Snopes’ VP of editorial and its managing editor, confirmed to BuzzFeed, after their reporters uncovered no less than 54 plagiarized articles by Mikkelson.“Let us be clear: Plagiarism undermines our mission and values, full stop,” Marchionni said in a statement on Friday. “It has no place in any context within this organization.”In response to the investigation, Mikkelson said, “There is no excuse for my serious lapses in judgement.