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. 14, 2017
Rumors holding that Walt Disney World would close the Fort Wilderness Campgrounds due to damage ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 13, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing a meal served by the Red Cross to victims of Hurricane Harvey i ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 13, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing actors Heath Ledger and Cillian Murphy is a digital creation.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 12, 2017
A video purportedly showing sharks swimming in a flooded area of Miami after Irma passed through ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 12, 2017
An image of the man convicted of sexually assaulting a woman on the Stanford University campus w ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 12, 2017
Fake news articles claiming that people died while watching the movie were circulated on social ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 11, 2017
A clip from a television sitcom showing a stop sign crashing into a weather reporter during a st ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 11, 2017
The White House's social media director mistook a video showing heavy flooding at the Mexico Cit ...
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Sept. 8, 2017
A video purportedly showing Hurricane Irma destroying buildings in Antigua and Barbuda actually ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 8, 2017
A photograph shows a group of people golfing near a large forest fire, but they aren't in as muc ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 7, 2017
A clickbait news web site invented a controversy involving Celine Dion, Loretta Lynn, Cher, and ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 7, 2017
An image of a news ticker reading "Hurricane Florence now contains sharks" is a recycled fake.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 7, 2017
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Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 7, 2017
Rumors holding that new episodes of the series 'The Office' will be airing on NBC in 2018 are un ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 6, 2017
A video purportedly showing an 81-year-old named Arthur Hickenlooper on the game show was met wi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 6, 2017
An old rumor that a police department said that it would not protect NFL players until they stoo ...
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Sept. 6, 2017
The Zello walkie-talkie cellphone app can be useful in an emergency situation, it still requires ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 5, 2017
Is President Trump enough of a feline lover to go wading out into floodwaters to rescue a pair o ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 1, 2017
Conspiracy theorists accused the news network of faking a dramatic live rescue video during Hurr ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 1, 2017
CNN did not mistakenly use a picture of actor Tim Allen for a story about pastor Joel Osteen.
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