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
June 7, 2018
The store that put up the sign in 2015 was back in the news several years later when it celebrat ...
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June 6, 2018
A popular meme confused pardons with commutations and spread an erroneous rumor about the former ...
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June 6, 2018
A viral Facebook post falsely claimed that the New Hampshire amusement park Story Land was perma ...
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June 5, 2018
An opinion piece arguing that the United States is in the midst of a Civil War was incorrectly a ...
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June 5, 2018
The White House claimed that an event with the Super Bowl champions was cancelled due to a disag ...
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June 4, 2018
A photograph of a car crash scene is real, but the accompanying story was evidently manufactured ...
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June 4, 2018
A startling quote from the football player actually originated on a sports satire page.
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June 1, 2018
A sign informing Starbucks customers that stores would be closed in order to "educate white peop ...
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June 1, 2018
Florida police arrested the woman on drug charges after they allegedly found her in possession o ...
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May 31, 2018
ABC Senior Vice President of Programming Mutafa Ka'Plese did not cancel the rebooted sitcom beca ...
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May 31, 2018
Rumors that the daughter of Walter Palmer killed several wolves on a hunting trip are unsubstant ...
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May 30, 2018
The clip purportedly showing a bridesmaid making an athletic bouquet catch originated with a cle ...
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May 29, 2018 (Updated: Sept. 8, 2019)
An image purportedly showing a huge, ominous storm approaching a Florida beach town is actually ...
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May 29, 2018
An advertisement promotes a rather off-putting mid-century meat product.
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May 25, 2018
News reports of a German football club's getting banned in 1934 after failing to give the Nazi s ...
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May 24, 2018
Rumors about a gay baboon's "terrorizing" a village and raping five men can be traced back to a ...
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May 24, 2018
A article joked that an online naming contest resulted in the Navy naming a ship the "USS Tig Ol ...
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May 24, 2018
Rumors about a return of the popular, long-running comedy cartoon have been repeatedly shot down ...
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May 23, 2018
A video of a woman driving away from her child is real, but the accompanying backstory is nothin ...
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May 23, 2018
"Cosmo After Dark" will feature content about sex, but this Snapchat channel isn't porn and will ...
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