Hey, we make stuff up, too, but we still have standards. UNCLE WALT’S INSIDER H.Q., SVALBARD — David Mikkelson, newly-unemployed co-founder of the “Snopes.com“ “fact-checking” “website” may be looking for a new place to write. But it won’t be at Uncle Walt’s Insider. While some may think it’s a great fit — writing under an…
Is this necessary? We thought Snopes was satire. UNCLE WALTS INSIDER H.Q., SVALBARD — Dear Snopes Editorial Staff, We know you had to do it. We know that you had to remind the world that we’re a satire web site (here and here). You’ve sworn an oath to tell the truth, the whole truth, and…
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We’re at an elevated risk, since we go viral so rarely. UNCLE WALT’S INSIDER H.Q., SVALBARD — The entire staff of Uncle Walt’s Insider has been quarantined in our Svalbard headquarters after one of our articles went viral recently. As mentioned by completely non-political and unbiased website Snopes [Ed.: remember, we are satire.], a recent…
An obscure fact-checking website managed to fool both of their readers with an inaccurate analysis of Uncle Walt’s Insider. Claim In July 2018, Snopes.com characterized a news story on Uncle Walt’s Insider (Disney to build park in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula) as “FALSE.” Rating MOSTLY FALSE Origin In the summer of 2018, a relatively obscure fact-checking…