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
Sept. 28, 2017
Some were fooled by a joke that depicted the press secretary as repeating conspiracy theories ab ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 28, 2017
Rumors holding that a morgue employee was involved in a salacious organ trafficking operation or ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 27, 2017
A viral quote about recent protests staged by NFL players was correctly attributed to former CIA ...
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Sept. 26, 2017
A rumor holding that the brewing company had "pulled out of the NFL" over "take a knee" protests ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 26, 2017
A disreputable web site hyped an ongoing controversy with a false claim.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 25, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers holding a "Stand fo ...
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Sept. 25, 2017
An open letter to President Trump addressing his comments about football players truly originate ...
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Sept. 23, 2017
A meme claiming that Trump plagiarized a September 2017 speech from a 2014 talk by the former Fi ...
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Sept. 22, 2017
Some fake news sites just can't get over their obsessions with pederasty, likely because it make ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 22, 2017
Despite claims made in a viral video, purported unidentified flying objects are actually identif ...
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Sept. 21, 2017
Rumors that the actress had announced that she wanted to move were based on the misinterpretatio ...
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Sept. 21, 2017
A Facebook prank site published a hoax report that soda and candy would no longer be eligible fo ...
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Sept. 20, 2017
According to rumors, the actor told an interviewer that there is no difference between the two e ...
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Sept. 19, 2017 (Updated: May 25, 2018)
Despite an initial denial from the singer, Case’s farmhouse was indeed damaged in a September 20 ...
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Sept. 19, 2017
An image purportedly showing a 30-foot wave crashing down on Jennette's Pier in North Carolina i ...
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Sept. 18, 2017
"Jeepers Creepers 3" director Victor Salva was convicted in 1988 of molesting a 12-year-old.
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Sept. 18, 2017
A story about a terrible sexual experience is nothing more than a hoax.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 16, 2017
A photograph of a "41-lb. rat caught in New York City" probably features an ordinary rat made to ...
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Sept. 15, 2017
A video purporting to show series of destructive tornadoes actually showed computer-generated sp ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 15, 2017
A scene from the children's show features a hidden risqué drawing on the inside of a log.
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