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.
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Aug. 31, 2017
A meme claiming that only 4 percent of churches in Houston opened their doors to Hurricane Harve ...
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Aug. 31, 2017
A Texas homeowner did protect his house from flooding by using an "inflatable dam," but it was f ...
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Aug. 31, 2017
Melania Trump wore high heels while boarding Air Force One, but the First Lady wore sneakers whi ...
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Aug. 30, 2017
A meme featuring a fake Paul Ryan quote originated with a fake antifa Twitter account.
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Aug. 30, 2017
A satirical article about a Navy Destroyer colliding with a building during Hurricane Harvey was ...
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Aug. 30, 2017
A photograph taken at a UK 'Star Wars' premiere is often circulated with the false claim that it ...
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Aug. 29, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing President Donald Trump getting a spray tan before a television ...
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Aug. 28, 2017
As usual, fake and misleading images were circulated on social media in the wake of a storm that ...
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Aug. 28, 2017
Reports that protesters had blocked emergency crews from reaching people stranded by Hurricane H ...
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Aug. 25, 2017
And just what do they find so amusing?
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Aug. 25, 2017
A letter by Col. Jeffery Powers to the NFL's commissioner about football players kneeling during ...
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Aug. 24, 2017
An image purportedly showing a Simpsons chalkboard gag in which Bart mocked Islam is fake.
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Aug. 23, 2017
Multiple mugshots were falsely claimed to show Antifa members who were arrested during a white n ...
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Aug. 23, 2017
A viral Facebook post suggested it is legal in Texas to use deadly force to stop Confederate sta ...
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Aug. 23, 2017
A fake news article claimed that a cemetery in Delaware, Ohio, was exhuming the bodies of confed ...
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Aug. 22, 2017
A fake news article claimed that a boxing promoter was killed for saying that the Mayweather-McG ...
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Aug. 22, 2017
An image purportedly showing sunlight forming the shape of a cross during the August 2017 eclips ...
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Aug. 22, 2017
Members of the "alt-right" have dared antifa to protest the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, but no ant ...
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Aug. 21, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing a supine man on a beach near a mountain resembling his outline ...
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Aug. 21, 2017
"Those who can't work will be provided a stipend and unlimited supply of opiates, marijuana, met ...
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