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Snopes Retracts Dozens of Articles After Review Finds Co-founder Plagiarized

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Snopes Retracts Dozens of Articles After Review Finds Co-founder Plagiarized
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Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Snopes, a fact-checking website, has retracted at least 54 articles after finding that its co-founder and CEO had repeatedly plagiarized content from other websites.

David Mikkelson, co-founder of Snopes, has been suspended as the website completes an internal review of the issue.

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Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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