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
July 6, 2018
Third-party clothing items featuring the slogan "Impeach 45" were removed from Walmart's web sit ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 3, 2018 (Updated: July 7, 2022)
"Silent fireworks" shows are a thing, but they don't employ a newly-invented form of noise-suppr ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 3, 2018
Shirts featuring 'the F word' are commonplace at political rallies, but the origins of a photogr ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 2, 2018
Exactly what would a bag of sugarless sugar hold? And how would it taste?
Written by: Dan Evon
July 2, 2018
A spurious quote supposedly uttered by actor Clint Eastwood about how he was "leaving Hollywood" ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 2, 2018
A quote attributed to former president Barack Obama has him vowing to "do something" about Presi ...
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June 29, 2018
A satirical article jokingly claimed that the television personality and producer best known as ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 28, 2018
A years-old story about a construction outfit was presented as if the company were building the ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 28, 2018
Rumors that the pop song is about vibrators are based solely on one interpretation of the song's ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 27, 2018
Hacked Google Reviews and manufactured Yelp pages led some to believe that the Red Hen restauran ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 27, 2018
A Virginia cookie shop declined to host a media event with the former U.S. vice president during ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 26, 2018 (Updated: Oct. 21, 2019)
It's not just the chickens who are scared by what's seen in this video.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 25, 2018
An outdated poll from 2014 was drastically misrepresented by a number of right-wing sites and pu ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 25, 2018
A story about a six-year-old getting in trouble for his choice in superhero attire came from a s ...
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June 25, 2018
Footage from a video featuring a remote control crocodile (or alligator) was actually a response ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 25, 2018
A photograph showing a protest against extreme violence toward women in Argentina was re-caption ...
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June 22, 2018
A parody account posing as Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands tweeted that the International Co ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 22, 2018
Hyperpartisan social media pages and bots used yet another fake quote in order to attempt to dru ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 21, 2018
A photograph showing protesters holding a sign is real, but the sign is referring to separations ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 21, 2018
A Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a federal agent seizing Elián González was recycled nearl ...
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