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Is Snopes Part of a Liberal Agenda?
Facts are Facts & That’s a Fact
No.
Snopes is not part of a “liberal agenda.”
Snopes is not owned by George Soros, or funded by a covert legion of Jewish billionaires, and if you believe this you should probably get a swastika carved into your forehead.
Snopes has never been proven to be biased or a site that promotes “fake news.”
This article could end right here and still be accurate, but I feel compelled to continue…
Where does this intolerance for facts come from? What started it all? Let’s discuss.
JUST THE FACTS, MA’AM
Snopes began in 1994 as the pet project of David and Barbara Mikkelson. Its initial purpose was to debunk urban legends. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, conspiracy theories found their more than fertile soil to take root in online, where they could spread rapidly and avoid accountability. As such, Snopes took upon the mantle of disproving these rampant falsehoods, and found itself another niche foothold in journalism within which it could flourish.
As time went on, disproving internet hoaxes, political lies, and propagandic misinformation campaigns became their primary focus, not out of anything other than…
