So says this analysis: The Dumbest Snopes “Fact-Check” Of All Time? (substack.com)

Snopes repeatedly said Covid lab-leak suggestions were untrue, conspiracy theories, etc.

But one of their fact checkers now insists Snopes never said this, even though they did, repeatedly. Wild stuff!

I stopped relying on Snopes in 2021 when it became public that their founder was a serial plagiarizer and had created many fake stories for the site, including using a pseudonym to make it look like they had more staff than they did: Search Results for “snopes” – Social Panic (coldstreams.com)

• Apology from Members of Snopes Senior Management | Snopes.com
• At least 60 articles were retracted by Snopes.
• The background seems unsavory too: Owner of fact-checking website, Snopes.com, considers lawsuit allegations to be fake news | San Diego Reader

David Mikkelson is now self-employed, says his LinkedIn page.