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
Nov. 8, 2017
A video purportedly showing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rolling down a golf bunker during a round ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 7, 2017
A photograph showing a hunter with a recently killed bear is frequently shared with a erroneous ...
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Nov. 6, 2017
An image showing President Trump dumping fish food into a koi pond was shared with misleading st ...
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Nov. 2, 2017
A satirical article about Iceland, Bibles, and mental health was mistaken as genuine news by som ...
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Nov. 1, 2017
An article reporting that a young girl unplugged a life-support machine to charge her mobile pho ...
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Nov. 1, 2017
A fake news article claiming that two Clinton employees were arrested for destroying evidence re ...
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Oct. 31, 2017
Rumors that the Patriots' Bill Belichick reversed a decision to sign the player after a call fro ...
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Oct. 31, 2017
An article appearing to report that the actor had urged President Donald Trump to imprison Hilla ...
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Oct. 30, 2017
A baseless rumor that Jared Kushner had scrubbed his Twitter account was circulated in the wake ...
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Oct. 30, 2017
"I don't want to face such an opponent!"
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 27, 2017 (Updated: Sept. 15, 2020)
The former vice president didn't have that much of a thing for the wife of former defense secret ...
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Oct. 26, 2017
A doctored image of Trump circulated with a tongue-in-cheek request not to repost it.
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Oct. 26, 2017 (Updated: June 20, 2022)
A video purportedly showing a ghost haunting a hallway at a school in Cork, Ireland, went viral ...
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Oct. 25, 2017
"The short answer is that we don't know much about orgasms in other species."
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Oct. 24, 2017
A doctored image featuring Jimi Hendrix covered in tattoos was circulated on social media in Oct ...
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Oct. 24, 2017
The Washington Post columnist did not write an article alleging that former President Bar ...
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Oct. 23, 2017 (Updated: Oct. 26, 2017)
Though the star has not performed at the halftime show since the infamous "wardrobe malfunction" ...
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Oct. 23, 2017
"Coming from five generations of Ku Klux Klan members, 58-year-old 'Ms. Ruth' sews hoods and rob ...
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Oct. 20, 2017
Images purportedly depicting a creepy chimera-like creature actually show a silicone doll.
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Oct. 19, 2017
Italian lawmaker Maria Elena Boschi was targeted for ridicule in a doctored image.
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