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Snopes

Snopes (/ˈsnoʊps/), formerly known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages, is a fact-checking website. It has been described as a "well-regarded reference for sorting out myths and rumors" on the Internet.

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Owner
Chris Richmond · Drew Schoentrup
Headquarters
United States
Commercial
Yes
Created by
Barbara Mikkelson David P. Mikkelson
Current status
Active
Editor
Jessica Lee

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Snopes

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples80
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

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Snopes

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related to Main site · 25
Snopes → About, Barack Obama, Bush, By March, CNN, David Mikkelson, FactCheck, Forbes, Fortune, George, In, Internet, Lost Legends, Mikkelson, MSNBC, Sarah Palin, Snopes's, Tacoma, The, The Florida Times-Union
related to 2010s · 21
Snopes → August, Barbara, Barbara Mikkelson, Barbara Mikkelson's, Bardav, By, Christopher Richmond, David, David Mikkelson, Drew Schoentrup, GoFundMe, In, July, June, Later, May, On March, Proper Media, The, The Mikkelsons
related to 1990s · 11
Snopes → According, AFU, Barbara Mikkelson, David, David Mikkelson, In, Internet, Mikkelsons, The, Usenet, William Faulkner
related to Funding · 6
Snopes → Between, Facebook, GoFundMe, In, James Randi Educational Foundation, On February
related to 2000s · 5
Snopes → American, In, Jim Davidson, Michael Levine, Urban Legends
Owner · 2
Snopes → Chris Richmond, Drew Schoentrup
Commercial · 1
Snopes → Yes
Created by · 1
Snopes → Barbara Mikkelson David P. Mikkelson
Current status · 1
Snopes → Active
Editor · 1
Snopes → Jessica Lee

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mikkelson david site urban legends fact-checking media website also reference internet 2019 barbara company proper pages advertising com richmond articles

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SnopesCommercialYes1.00infobox
SnopesCreated byBarbara Mikkelson David P. Mikkelson1.00infobox
SnopesCurrent statusActive1.00infobox
SnopesEditorJessica Lee1.00infobox
SnopesHeadquartersUnited States1.00infobox
SnopesKey peopleTom Steele Nick Hardinges Caroline Wazer David Emery1.00infobox
SnopesLaunched1994; 32 years ago (1994) (as Urban Legends Reference Pages)1.00infobox
SnopesOwnerChris Richmond1.00infobox
SnopesOwnerDrew Schoentrup1.00infobox
SnopesRegistrationOptional1.00infobox
SnopesType of sitefact-checking1.00infobox
SnopesURLwww.snopes.com1.00infobox

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