Dan Evon
Dan Evon worked at Snopes between October 2014 and July 2022. Evon is a Chicago-based writer who has been sifting through the sludge of social media since 2009. Prior to joining the editorial staff at Snopes.com, he was the editor-in-chief of Social News Daily, a senior writer for The Inquisitr, and covered motorcycle racing for All About Bikes Magazine.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 1, 2018
A meme criticizing Starbucks' use of paper straws wrapped in plastic packaging employed an image ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 1, 2018
A Facebook event inviting viewers to watch the implosion of Stone Mountain was created by a paro ...
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July 31, 2018
Food and drink, all in the same place!
Written by: Dan Evon
July 31, 2018
A junk news site invented a story about a school principal expelling two children over their rel ...
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July 31, 2018
The 22nd day of the 2nd month of the year 2022 will fall on a Tuesday, thus creating a robust "T ...
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July 30, 2018
A photograph showing an odd-looking, large bat with an elongated face features a real animal, bu ...
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July 27, 2018
Donald Trump's Walk of Fame Star was vandalized in July 2018, but the man responsible for it was ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 27, 2018
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin's answer to a question posed by a child was misrepresented as an ...
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July 25, 2018
The Giza Pyramids and lenticular clouds are spectacular photographic subjects individually, but ...
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July 25, 2018
A video showing a man flying through the air is real, but we're skeptical about the claimed spe ...
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July 25, 2018
A 2,000-year-old carving of a figure riding a modern bicycle was supposedly found inside an anci ...
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July 24, 2018
An unsubstantiated accusation that Whoopi Goldberg used a racial slur in reference to Judge Jean ...
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July 24, 2018
A video featuring a Palestinian makeup artist was used as propaganda to claim that reports of at ...
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July 24, 2018
A photograph showing four female defense ministers from Norway, Sweden, Netherlands and Germany ...
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July 23, 2018
A video purportedly captures a young woman being struck by an automobile while performing the "K ...
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July 22, 2018
Whatever John F. Kennedy, Jr. might have thought about Donald Trump, he likely wouldn't have des ...
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July 22, 2018
The controversial artwork was removed from the gallery's window after the business received nume ...
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July 20, 2018
We found many reasons to be suspicious of a video purportedly showing a woman stabbing a man wit ...
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July 20, 2018
A poorly edited image supposedly showing the Obama family wearing Che Guevara shirts in Cuba has ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 19, 2018
We're still waiting for someone to live out the entirety of a 99-year prison sentence.
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