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
Jan. 22, 2018
A video purportedly showing a "Galton board" apparently sorting balls by color perplexed many vi ...
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Jan. 19, 2018
A photograph showing model Giulia Salemi in a revealing dress is real, but it has little to do w ...
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Jan. 18, 2018
A series of images purportedly showing a strike on a Michigan garage actually show a combination ...
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Jan. 18, 2018
Rumors holding that Melania Trump plagiarized her Martin Luther King Day tweet from former First ...
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Jan. 18, 2018
A fake tweet-generator was used to create the appearance that Sheila Jackson Lee had authored a ...
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Jan. 17, 2018
A list of rules on how to "resist" the Trump administration was incorrectly attributed to the au ...
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Jan. 17, 2018
A collage purportedly showing members of the US Congress sleeping at their desks actually shows ...
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Jan. 16, 2018
A crude letter warning passengers on a cruise ship not to "engage in sexual acts" with pizzas wa ...
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Jan. 16, 2018
A Twitter account promising $5000 for retweets doesn't actually belong to the 20-year-old Mega M ...
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Jan. 15, 2018
A satirical article responded to a recent controversy over the U.S. President's reported comment ...
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Jan. 15, 2018
President Obama used the term "shit show" in private to refer to the escalating violence in Liby ...
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Jan. 12, 2018
A fake news web site attempted to ride a wave of Parton-related controversy in January 2018.
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Jan. 12, 2018
Social media users began posting images of children wearing "Equally Racist" shirts after a sati ...
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Jan. 11, 2018
Rumors that a "Harry Potter" show was coming to Netflix were sparked by an April Fool's joke and ...
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Jan. 10, 2018
A more-creative-than-usual junk news piece claimed that Katy Perry, Meryl Streep, and Chelsea Cl ...
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Jan. 10, 2018
Although an Atlanta Starbucks briefly closed after complaints of contamination, these rumors ste ...
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Jan. 9, 2018
A quote purportedly from the entertainment mogul appears to have been completely fabricated.
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Jan. 9, 2018
A satire site published doctored images that appeared to show former presidents Obama, Bush, and ...
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Jan. 9, 2018
A photograph showing Oprah offering Harvey Weinstein a peck on the cheek is real; it was taken i ...
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Jan. 8, 2018
This isn't a real UFO and a real alien, wherever in the world this clip wasn't actually filmed.
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