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
June 2, 2017
Rumors about a petition started by the KKK to "purge" the United States of black people every ye ...
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June 2, 2017
An account parodying the Congresswoman sent the tweet in response to President Donald Trump's de ...
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June 2, 2017
Griffin's controversial photo shoot featuring a likeness of Donald Trump's severed head prompted ...
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June 1, 2017
A fear-mongering article falsely claiming a bombing had taken place in Vatican City used images ...
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June 1, 2017
A video of a pigeon that appeared to salute Russian president Vladimir Putin was merely a sly joke.
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May 31, 2017
Incendiary claims that appear to be calculated to create hostility were created from whole cloth ...
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May 31, 2017
A satirical web site used the claim to poke fun at Trump's executive orders.
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May 30, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing a plane releasing a flare salute to soldiers killed in battle i ...
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May 30, 2017
A YouTube channel posts weekly horror stories, one of which was mistaken for a real event.
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May 29, 2017
An article appearing to report that Trump wrote reviews after a brief trip to the region was int ...
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May 29, 2017
President Trump met with pediatric cancer patient Emilee Imbar, though he did not slip away from ...
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May 29, 2017
An animated image appears to show a volcano erupting during a New Year's firework celebration in ...
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May 26, 2017
A photograph of a "monster bullfrog" is real, but forced perspective makes it look larger than i ...
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May 26, 2017
A papal video clip mocked President Trump's perceived icy relationship with his wife, Melania.
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May 25, 2017
An image showing Bill Murray and Hunter S. Thompson on a boat was doctored for a viral marketing ...
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May 25, 2017
In the 1930s, doctored postcards featuring giant grasshoppers sold "like hotcakes."
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May 25, 2017
An image showing what President Trump and former President Obama wrote in the Yad Yashem guest b ...
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May 25, 2017
An image comparing Pope Francis's mood during President Obama and President Trump's visits doesn ...
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May 24, 2017
President Trump was the first sitting president to visit the Jewish holy site, but other preside ...
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May 24, 2017
A photograph showing three women in a "cangue" is often shared with a backstory about witchcraft.
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