In a rather odd turn of events, David Mikkelson, the owner of the fact-checking site Snopes.com has announced he's partially lost control of the the site
https://www.gofundme.com/savesnopes
More details from the NYT:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/business/media/snopes-crowdfunding-proper-media.html
(lots more detail in the link)
More details here:
https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/24/snopes-seeks-crowdfunding-in-ownership-battle/
What's interesting here is that Mikkelson has already managed to raise $272K in just 10 hours!
The legal dispute seems rather tangled. Snopes already took something of a credibility hit from tabloid coverage of Mikkelson's divorce. It's probable the anti-Snopes crowd will be quick to exploit these new problems.
Documents:
Original Complaint:
https://www.metabunk.org/attachments/snopes-complaint-pdf.27922/
Response from David Mikkelson:
https://www.metabunk.org/attachment...8-17_cross_complaint_1500945341220-pdf.27919/
57 07/24/17 Defendant David Mikkelson's Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction
https://www.metabunk.org/attachment...position_to_plaintif_1500942570695-pdf.27918/
https://www.gofundme.com/savesnopes
More details from the NYT:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/business/media/snopes-crowdfunding-proper-media.html
More details here:
https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/24/snopes-seeks-crowdfunding-in-ownership-battle/
The legal dispute seems rather tangled. Snopes already took something of a credibility hit from tabloid coverage of Mikkelson's divorce. It's probable the anti-Snopes crowd will be quick to exploit these new problems.
Documents:
Original Complaint:
https://www.metabunk.org/attachments/snopes-complaint-pdf.27922/
Response from David Mikkelson:
https://www.metabunk.org/attachment...8-17_cross_complaint_1500945341220-pdf.27919/
57 07/24/17 Defendant David Mikkelson's Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction
https://www.metabunk.org/attachment...position_to_plaintif_1500942570695-pdf.27918/
Attachments
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