[Diddle E. Squat]

Oops, let me rephrase that:

Perhaps the best approach is to not treat Snopes as the authority on a topic, but rather as just another source, to be viewed with healthy skepticism until corraborated elsewhere.

[Valpal1]

Snopes is incompetent to investigate the validity of anything. They make a few phone calls and believe what they are told by the powers that be.

It's just two people here, a programmer and a housewife, remember" Their investigative and reporting prowess is about as good as the NYT.