Fact-Checking the Snopes Lawsuit

You, like me, might often resort to Snopes to weed through what’s true and what’s not in the avalanche of information we’re exposed to every day. (My most recent Snopes search: can a gift shop upcharge federal postage stamps? The answer is yes!) Recently Snopes turned to its constituents on the Internet to help provide funding to keep the website alive, precipitated by a lawsuit stemming from several contracts between the parties at issue. The whole thing is a matter of messy corporate structure that really seems like it’s going to depend on the court’s reading of the stock purchase agreement between the parties. Vox has a rundown of the whole situation here (that I’m quoted in).