There are many people who want to know if Snopes is being ran by Democratic proprietors. There are even those who want to know if such people have the capacity to lie just for the discrediting of an insurance agent in the State Farm to happen. Well, thoughts like this are not surprising anymore because of that chain-email distributed. However, many should know that the said is nothing but falsehood. As a matter of fact, the said website is being operated by someone who does not even have a fraction of affiliation to any party at all. This was confirmed by a State Farm spokeswoman. With this said, it is vital to verify and check on various fact check snopes all the time. This needs to occur prior to believing anything.
More about the email
The email went viral on the 26th of February, 2006. It contained a great amount of false claims about the urban legend Snopes and the proprietors it goes along with. This includes David Mikkelson and Barbara Mikkelson. These are the people responsible in starting it in the year 1995. They also take charge in running it. Basically, they were being accused of having their identity hidden. It was said that they were only doing a research to produce articles. These are all meant to liberal bent they said. They even discredit the anti-Obama State Farm because of partisanship. All of these have been linked to them.
The trouble is now trying to be addressed. The specific allegation about the fabrication is being answered too. There was this issue about that post from Gregg. It said that as a taxpayer votes for Obama, it is comparable to voting for Colonel Sanders. Snopes said to be in-charge in writing that. This was given a headline Chicken Hawked. The writer of the email said that this was a sign being taken down. They told a release that this did not even happen. However, the big question is – what exactly happened? This was asked by the representative of the company.
There was a statement by Snopes about the removal of the sign. This was carried out immediately upon the realization that such is not in parallel with the policy of the State Farm. They are not in any way endorsing candidates. They are not also going to take sides on whatever political campaign there is. This is not among their undertakings, said they.
The aforementioned would have to be the reaction of the website towards the allegation of political preferential. This is trying to answer the question about Mikkelson being a part of the Democratic Party. It has been claimed that he is liberal. There is an addition about how much criticism he is getting over the web. People would like to point out his liberalism. This revealed the findings of the website eventually. The email came with a final warning on its conclusion on the last paragraph. This email will still be talked about, evident on how it is these days.