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
May 3, 2017
The personal Twitter account for Melania Trump "liked" (then quickly "unliked") a post speculati ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 3, 2017
Desperate situations sometimes call for horrifically desperate measures.
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May 2, 2017
Which is rarer: unicorns, or duct-taped antifa protesters?
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May 2, 2017
A video showing a car driving through a demonstration is real, but it took place in Brazil and h ...
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May 2, 2017
Reports that Jason Jones campaigned against moving the school used outdated and incomplete quote ...
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May 2, 2017
A series of fake news articles portrayed Trump defending Jehovah's Witnesses after a Russian cou ...
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May 1, 2017
A spectacular video purportedly showing clouds rolling over Japan's Mount Fuji was digitally cre ...
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April 28, 2017
Condemned prisoners sometimes make unusual choices for their final meals, but generally they sti ...
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April 28, 2017
A meme compares the educational backgrounds of 'Science Guy' Bill Nye and actor Dolph Lundgren.
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April 27, 2017
Stories promoting a "diet hack" involving apple cider vinegar are based on unrelated photographs ...
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April 27, 2017
Anschutz denied that he advocates for anti-LGBT policies, and he added that his foundation no lo ...
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April 27, 2017 (Updated: May 11, 2017)
An image purportedly shows a still from an old episode of "Bill Nye the Science Guy" about gende ...
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April 26, 2017
An image purportedly showing a squirrel appearing to magically avoid a stream of water is a comp ...
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April 26, 2017
An unflattering image purportedly showing President Donald Trump sending a tweet from his Florid ...
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April 26, 2017
Reports that a man was assaulted by a 400-pound primate originated on a hoax news web site.
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April 25, 2017
A fake news web site published a series of inaccurate articles concerning Trey Gowdy, Hillary Cl ...
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April 25, 2017
A fake news headline claiming that Chelsea Clinton was arrested for having sexual relations with ...
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April 25, 2017
The lack of dates in prayer chains often causes confusion about the validity of such messages.
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April 24, 2017
A fake news article reported that Hillary Clinton's assistant died under mysterious circumstances.
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April 24, 2017
An image purportedly showing marijuana plants growing in potholes is fake.
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