facebook announce plan check fake news use series organizations assess whether stories true one website call snopes.com claim one web essential resources painstaking scholarly reliable found husband-and-wife barbara david mikkelson use letterhead claim non-existent society start research divorce barbara claim legal document embezzle 98,000 company money spend prostitute lengthy bitter legal dispute claim underpay demand industry standard least 360,000 year two also dispute basic facts case despite snopes.com say ownership commit accuracy impartiality snopes.com founder david mikkelson new wife elyssa young employ website administrator work escort porn actress despite claim website non-political run libertarian congress dump bush platform main fact checker kimberly lacapria whose blog vicevixen say touch domme side post snopes.com smoke potone websites facebook use arbitrate fake news involve bitter legal dispute co-founders ceo accuse use company money prostitutes.snopes.com part panel use facebook decide whether stories users complain potentially fake consider dispute .but website trouble intrigue choice carry fact check reveal dailymail.com one main contributors disclose former sex-blogger call vice vixen .snopes.com benefit facebook decision allow users report items newsfeed believe fake .it ask number organizations arbitrate items report facebook staff think may genuine decide whether mark dispute .the others include abc news associate press fact-checking websites include politifact.com.now dailymail.com investigation reveal snopes.com founder former husband wife david barbara mikkelson embroil lengthy bitter legal dispute wake divorce.he since remarry former escort porn actress one site staff members.they accuse financial impropriety barbara claim ex-husband guilty embezzlement suggest attempt boondoggle change tax arrangements david claim take millions joint account buy property las vegas.the mikkelsons found site 1995. couple meet early 1990s folklore-themed online message board marry set site.profiles website disclose time set couple pose san fernardo valley folklore society use name letterheads even though exist.a profile webby award publish october describe entity dream help make inquiries seem legit .david mikkeleson tell los angeles time 1997 send letter company find get much good response official-looking organization stationery 2015 marriage end divorce bitter legal dispute continues.both stay co-owners snopes register legal name bardav inc. sole board members.legal file see dailymail.com detail lengthy financial corporate dispute stretch long divorce one lawyer describe contentious court documents.in file barbara 57 accuse former husband 56 raid corporate business bardav bank account personal use attorney fee without consult her.she also claim embezzle 98,000 company course four years expend upon prostitute hire .when contact dailymail.com david say legally prohibit discuss ex-wife allegations love respond unfortunately term bind settlement agreement preclude publicly discuss detail divorce say barbara mikkelson say comment court record barbara allege ex-husband remove thousands business account april june 2016 pay trip girlfriend .one lead fact-checkers kim lacapria also sex-and-fetish blogger go pseudonym vice vixen describe blog lifestyle website specific focus naughtiness sin carnal pursuits general hedonism bonne vivante-ery regularly provide intimate advice review sex toy include vibrate wand drive boys mad something fella apply base cash-and-prizes carry scream perhaps cry wrote.she also recommend one book review tell naked man seem like perfect how-to dominatrix-in-waiting girl look get touch domme side mine wish could shut sometimes go others post lacapria claim addict smutty hp harry potter fanfic describe day-off activities another blog write play scrabble smoke pot post snopes add day david mikkelson tell dailymail.com snopes standardize procedure fact-checking since nature material vary widely say process involve multiple stag editorial oversight output result single person discretion also say company set requirements fact-checkers variety work would difficult encompass single blanket set standards accordingly editorial staff draw diverse background degrees and/or professional experience journalism added.for entire story- daily mail facebook hire porn star husband accuse defraud snopes website fact-check mostly conservative websites