Posted on 07/24/2017 4:25:17 PM PDT by tje
Snopes, the fact-checking website that once focused on debunking flimsy internet rumors but has expanded into a 16-person operation that calls out political leaders for dishonesty, is locked in a legal battle that it says has drained the money it needs to survive.
The site, which gets all of its revenue from advertising, created a crowdfunding page on Monday, seeking $500,000 from readers to remain operational indefinitely. It says that Proper Media, the vendor that runs its advertising services, has withheld the site’s revenue and has refused to relinquish control of the site. That leaves Bardav — the company that owns and operates Snopes — with no way of moving the site to a new host or installing its own ads, said David Mikkelson, a founder of the site.
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Running a business is complex and risky.
It’s even harder when you are STUPID enough to alienate your customers by being politically correct. Be honest and non-partisan and at least you have not created enemies.
May the Times be next....
Looks like they will survive. They raised 272,000 in 10 hours.
https://www.gofundme.com/savesnopes
Soros quit his funding? Must have been a fallout.
(Is that redundantly redundant or redundance squared? Math is hard!)
Snopes gets free advertising from NYT, so NYT can continue to cite Snopes as an authority.
Thanks for posting this! You made my day! (-:
I thought Soros was involved with financially sponsoring Snopes. Guess not.
The rumors are it was founded by a prostitute and a felon.
Maybe deadbeats too? how did they manage to go broke?
Status: More than likely
"But Bill, you don't have 500K buckadingdongs."
Yeah. I only said I'd pledge it.
I guess keeping a new girlfriend in good clothing is expensive if your new girlfriend is a high class hooker / whore....
They should get Bernie Sanders’ wife to handle the fundraising.
Looks like they will stay afloat to serve up more leftist propaganda "fact checks."
It's a shame they didn't try to be what they purported to be.
Snopes is left wing all the way. Hope they get sued out of business.
I hate leftists using it as the final arbiter of all things when it’s a biased POS.
Leftist Snopes deserves a death.
They went beyond the scope of their brand.
Leftwing propagandists.
As I suspected, the current issues flow out of the divorce.
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