'Fact-checking' site Snopes admits multiple plagiarism cases by its own co-founder and CEO

[Natural Citizen]

Immediately upon getting caught the site acknowledged that Mikkelson published several stories which were taken from other sources, under either the pseudonym ''Jeff Zarronandia'' or ''Snopes Staff''.


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''Snopes VP of Editorial and Managing Editor Doreen Marchionni suspended Mikkelson from editorial duties pending “a comprehensive internal investigation.” He remains an officer and a 50% shareholder of the company.''

“Our internal research so far has found a total of 54 stories Mikkelson published that used appropriated material, including all of the stories Buzzfeed shared with us,” Marchionni and Snopes Chief Operating Officer Vinny Green said in a statement.''

Continued - The Co-Founder Of The Fact-Checking Site Snopes Was Writing Plagiarized Articles Under A Fake Name


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[Natural Citizen]

Jeff Zarronandia is the pseudonym of J. Eff Zarronandia, an American author and journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for numismatics in 2006 and was one of four finalists for the prize in 2008. He was also the winner of the Distinguished Conflagration Award of the American Society of Muleskinners for 2005.

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In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Mikkelson attributed this behavior to his lack of formal journalism experience.

 

[james bond]

How can one TRUST snopes now? What else did they steal and lie about?