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
Feb. 19, 2017
A woman named Acesha Bright was arrested for murder in February 2017, but a video purportedly sh ...
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Feb. 16, 2017
A video shows a Chicago Police Department SWAT vehicle along with the claim that Trump sent fede ...
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Feb. 15, 2017
The politically flavored frozen treat is a mockup — not an official product from the ice cream c ...
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Feb. 15, 2017
A video captures a Paris demonstration mounted over allegations of a police rape, an incident th ...
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Feb. 14, 2017
Reports that the Education Secretary said a 40 percent approval rating meant President Donald Tr ...
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Feb. 14, 2017
President Donald Trump supposedly sent former President Barack Obama a bill for all the vacation ...
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Feb. 13, 2017
An article appearing to report that U.S. President Donald Trump called Canadian Prime Minister J ...
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Feb. 13, 2017
A popular quote about stopping adverse political movements is frequently shared without full con ...
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Feb. 13, 2017
Reports of President Donald Trump refusing federal disaster aid to California over a sanctuary c ...
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Feb. 11, 2017
An open letter about President Trump allegedly from Bruce Springsteen was not actually written b ...
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Feb. 10, 2017
A video purportedly showing a 1969 mayoral campaign ad for Fred Trump called "Dope Man" was crea ...
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Feb. 9, 2017
Coretta Scott King acknowledged Senator Jeff Sessions (as well as many other politicians) in a d ...
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Feb. 9, 2017 (Updated: March 3, 2025)
It wasn't until his second term in office that Trump issued an executive order designating Engli ...
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Feb. 9, 2017
We found no evidence that President Trump's election has sparked a massive wave of self-deportat ...
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Feb. 9, 2017
A report that President Trump had fired White House butler Cecil Gaines for disobedience was sat ...
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Feb. 8, 2017
Senator Jeff Sessions was possibly given a "Governmental Award of Excellence" in 2009 by a local ...
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Feb. 8, 2017
A man was charged for kicking a Muslim woman in the stomach and killing her unborn twins, but he ...
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Feb. 8, 2017
A chart purportedly shows how much money Betsy DeVos and her family contributed to Republican se ...
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Feb. 7, 2017
An image showing a cartoon Donald Trump in a coffin was purportedly featured on 'The Simpsons' a ...
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Feb. 6, 2017
An image comparing remarks made by President Trump and former President Obama at National Prayer ...
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