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
Jan. 11, 2017
Actor Denzel Washington said that making movies was a luxury, a comment that was unrelated to Me ...
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Jan. 10, 2017
Reports that entertainment celebrities are going on an all-out strike until Donald Trump resigns ...
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Jan. 10, 2017
An animated image purportedly showing Meryl Streep mocking a disabled person during an appearanc ...
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Jan. 9, 2017
A Facebook message urges viewers not to watch Donald Trump's inauguration, but that form of prot ...
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Jan. 9, 2017
A video purportedly showing hundreds of people being knocked over by a large rotating bar was cr ...
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Jan. 9, 2017
While numerous outlets reported that an Illinois man was imprisoned for stealing a television re ...
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Jan. 9, 2017
A video clip showing Meryl Streep applauding for Roman Polanski at the Academy Awards in 2003 ca ...
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Jan. 9, 2017
Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price rented out his house after raising the minimum wage at his compan ...
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Jan. 9, 2017
While Trump's "no exceptions" policy for outgoing ambassadors is uncommon, the resignation and r ...
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Jan. 9, 2017
An episode of the western series 'Trackdown' included a character named Walter Trump who claimed ...
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Jan. 6, 2017
Rumors that a political cartoon featuring Donald Trump was banned from social media sites were l ...
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Jan. 6, 2017
A disreputable web site accused the network of lightening the skin of the suspected shooter in a ...
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Jan. 6, 2017
The Gilligan's Island actor passed away in 2005, but a widely shared image macro claims ...
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Jan. 6, 2017
An image purportedly showing Olympic track and field champion Jesse Owens shaking hands with Ado ...
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Jan. 5, 2017
An x-ray image showing a slender creature inside a woman's pelvic area has been shared with a va ...
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Jan. 5, 2017
The Washington Post's free daily newspaper mistakenly used a male gender symbol to illustrate a ...
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Jan. 3, 2017
Longtime Fox News host Megyn Kelly reported spurned a $20 million contract from the cable channe ...
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Jan. 3, 2017
False rumors that First Daughter Malia Obama was named the "Highest-Paid Heir" were started by a ...
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Jan. 2, 2017
An unsubstantiated pop culture rumor holds that Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, and Ku ...
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Dec. 31, 2016
An article from "Gummy Post" incorrectly stated that convicted rapper C-Murder was pardoned by P ...
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