The Rotary Club of Tacoma got more than they had bargained for by booking David Mikkelson, Founder/Executive Editor of Snopes.com as the program for the 28th of February meeting at the Tacoma Yacht Club. When it looked like Mikkelson would not make the meeting, Doreen Marchionni the Managing Editor at Snopes.com stepped in as the program speaker. By the time the meeting was called to order, however, the Rotary Club had both experts for the program.
The meeting brought in Rotary members from Lakewood, Tacoma North Rotary, and Gig Harbor (Mid-Day). Also a group of non-Rotarians joined the audience from Lakewood after reading a previous article about the event in The Suburban Times.
Mikkelson and Marchionni commented about an important event like President Trump’s ex-attorney telling-all before the U.S. Congress the day before the meeting and yet people still asked questions about the Momo Challenge and news of a giant snake. Snopes chooses stories to follow based on audience queries. Marchionni pointed out that Snopes doesn’t cover the news, “That’s why god made the Washington Post and the New York Times.” Snopes does get some pressure about “alternate facts,” but most people are simply looking for a basic “True” or “False” answer, so they “don’t have to read through a bunch of stuff.” The duo fielded questions from the audience (approximately 130 people). The presentation was both fun, funny, and very, very informative!
“………..Snopes doesn’t cover the news, “That’s why god made the Washington Post and the New York Times.”” Now isn’t that ironic! Snopes claims to seek the truth but thinks what the WP and NYT do is news reporting! The WP and NYT are among the worst when it comes to fake news propaganda and opinion pieces passed off as news. It’s not just the content of their reporting but the amount and tone of their reporting on issues. In the intelligence world media analysis can uncover underlying trends and biases in news reporting. It is clear from that analysis that WP, NYT, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC are virulently anti-Trump and in the tank for racial leftist Democrats. But you already knew that and didn’t need SNOPES to tell you the truth
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John,
Thanks for reading and commenting.
I always enjoy seeing your take on the world around us.
Don
I missed a chance . . . and was nearby. Fooled again by believing the scheduled speaker had to cancel. He did cancel, and came. Pretty cool.
Dennis,
Yes. . . too bad. You would have enjoyed the presentation.
Don
It was a good presentation. Don , thank you for this article. You are a rock star
Donna Haynes