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
April 24, 2018
A viral Facebook post showing a man riding his motorbike across Lake Como failed to mention that ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 24, 2018
One of several ways to spoil a perfectly good day of peaceful ice fishing.
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April 23, 2018
A photograph showing a giant manta ray caught in 1933 features the work of a taxidermist.
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April 23, 2018
Tony Appleton may look and sound like the royal town crier, but he is not officially affiliated ...
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April 20, 2018
A photograph purportedly showing a mysterious 7-foot creature is actually a digitally manipulate ...
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April 20, 2018
A video simulation of a BBC report about a nuclear war between NATO and Russia was edited and pr ...
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April 19, 2018
A quote attributed to the San Antonio Spurs small forward about Gregg Popovich's criticism of th ...
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April 19, 2018
Images purportedly proving that the White Helmets staged a chemical attack in Syria are actually ...
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April 18, 2018
A Starbucks coupon for customers of "African-American heritage" only was a piece of divisive pro ...
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April 18, 2018
A video purportedly showing Mark Zuckerberg announcing that closure of Facebook is a digitally a ...
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April 17, 2018 (Updated: May 22, 2018)
A photograph of a toppled statue is real; but the incident took place in Texas, not the Tomb of ...
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April 16, 2018
A clip from the movie "Super Troopers" was shared as if it showed a genuine incident of a Vermon ...
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April 16, 2018
A quote appears to paraphrase remarks made by the famed physicist — but he wasn't the first to w ...
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April 13, 2018
A photograph of a college student standing proudly near a bong made out of snow is frequently sh ...
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April 13, 2018
Rumors that a popular game was ending due to a copyright infringement lawsuit were based on a si ...
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April 12, 2018
A photograph of an art installation is frequently attached to genuine reports about a dead whale ...
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April 11, 2018
The life story of Anna Mae Dickinson, dubbed the "luckiest woman alive," is amazing — and fictional.
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April 11, 2018
Although President Trump's tariffs on China imports excluded clothing items such as the ones imp ...
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April 10, 2018
An image from a 2010 gay pride parade in Germany was shared as if it showed liberals protesting ...
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April 10, 2018
A satirical Facebook page used a food-based pun to spread fake news about a fictional school pri ...
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