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
July 20, 2017
A growing number of "prank" web sites such as Channel23News.com allow users to create their own ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 19, 2017
A video showing a bear riding in a sidecar of a motorcycle may beggar belief, but it is genuine.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 19, 2017
A centuries-old photograph purportedly showing a tornado in Oklahoma is actually an early exampl ...
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July 18, 2017
A fake Art of the Deal quote was shared as meme in mid-2017.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 17, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing two women receiving golf lessons from a robot likely originated ...
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July 17, 2017
A "prank" Facebook post claimed that Bigfoot was found dead on a lakeshore.
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July 17, 2017
A video comparing weather reports from Sweden and Iraq used footage from a short-lived Swedish p ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 16, 2017
Reports that a pilot named Dimitri Noonan broke his silence about a secret meeting between Bill ...
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July 16, 2017
A cartoonish photograph purportedly showing presidential sons Eric and Donald Trump, Jr. was dig ...
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July 14, 2017
Jugurtha Tableland in Tunisia is a rock formation, not a vestige of forests that stretched miles ...
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July 13, 2017
A satirical web site reported that the granite monument disappeared — and then unexpectedly reap ...
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July 13, 2017
A video of the president picking up and returning a hat was reversed to make it appear as though ...
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July 11, 2017
A meme comparing White House light displays under the Trump and Obama administration used a digi ...
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July 11, 2017
Claims that state lawmakers had passed a bill allowing phrase to appear on license plates origin ...
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July 10, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing the Russian president surrounded by political counterparts is n ...
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July 10, 2017
A photograph of the vehicle is real, but misdated.
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July 10, 2017
A photograph of Muhammad Ali standing near piles of cash in a bank vault is often shared with in ...
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July 8, 2017
Reports that Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger lost several fingers in a 4th of July fir ...
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July 6, 2017
Although a panda bear-shaped solar farm was designed and built in China, an image that appears w ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 6, 2017
Rumors that the astronaut had to restrain himself from hitting the President of the United State ...
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