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
Dec. 2, 2016
Photographs purporting to show the wife and daughter of President-elect Donald Trump wearing shi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 1, 2016
A hoax news article reported that President-elect Donald Trump planned on banning homosexuality ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 1, 2016
A video purporting to show a 50-foot-long squid beached in Punakaiki, New Zealand, was a hoax.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 1, 2016
Levi Strauss CEO Chip Bergh did pen an open letter requesting that gun owners refrain from bring ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 30, 2016
A video of a group of people marching down the street was shared with the baseless claim that it ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 30, 2016
A partially burned page from the Bible showing verses about fire was found at Dollywood during t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 30, 2016
Rumors circulated that Apple was purging its app store of "fake news" web sites — starting with ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 29, 2016
An image purportedly showing a donut with "Muslim writing" on it actually depicts a pastry with ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 29, 2016
A comedy video showing a football player tackling a child running for a touchdown was mistaken b ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 29, 2016
Rumors that the President-elect believes the world is flat originated from a hoax and satire web ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 29, 2016
A story that the President is banning all fake news came from — you guessed it — a fake news site.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 29, 2016
A viral video claiming that the BBC used computer graphics to capture a viral "iguana vs. snake" ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 28, 2016
Reports that millions of Muslims protested against ISIS and that the news media ignored the even ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 28, 2016
An image purporting to show a tweet sent by Donald Trump, in which he promised to pardon accused ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 28, 2016
A social media meme shared outdated information about the use of backless booster seats (also kn ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 26, 2016
Rumors that Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" Christmas ornaments were made in China wer ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 26, 2016
An erroneous report about the death of Antonino Fernandez was shared by several media outlets.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 25, 2016
Reports that the news network accidentally aired thirty minutes of porn originated with a single ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 25, 2016
A quote purportedly from Donald Trump's daughter actually seems to have originated in a comedy bit.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 25, 2016
A story that Donald Trump had named the former sitcom star the U.S. Secretary for Women's Rights ...
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