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
Nov. 25, 2016
The actress passed away in Los Angeles on 24 November 2016.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 24, 2016
According to a biography of President Kennedy, the chief executive proclaimed that "nobody can s ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 23, 2016
A rumor that Clint Eastwood was offered — and refused — the Presidential Medal of Freedom was ma ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 23, 2016
While Hampshire College did indeed remove an American flag from campus after lowering it to half ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 23, 2016
A viral social media post about the dangers of neo-Nazis and a compliant press was attributed to ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 21, 2016
A statement attributed to Melania Trump saying that Native Americans who are protesting the Dako ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 21, 2016
For years, this photo has circulated online with captions claiming that it documents Pence's "ga ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 21, 2016
There's no evidence that a threatening letter from a new "neighborhood town watch" was circulate ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 18, 2016
A Republican senator proposed a bill that would classify some forms of protesting as "economic t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 18, 2016
A photograph shows Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on a billboard above the words "Let's make th ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 18, 2016 (Updated: Oct. 29, 2019)
The death of Monica Petersen, an assistant director at the Human Trafficking Center, sparked con ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 17, 2016
Celebrity Cruise Lines released an advertisement addressing some of Donald Trump's talking point ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 17, 2016
A photograph of a nude young man has been claimed to picture Judge William Pryor, a potential Su ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 15, 2016
A report that Lady Gaga was arrested for tweeting a negative comment about Melania Trump is a hoax.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 15, 2016
An image purporting to show Bill Clinton sitting naked on a bed while a woman rubs his back does ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 15, 2016
Rumors that Hillary Clinton staged a photo op encounter with a hiker the day after the election ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 14, 2016
A spoof conspiracy theory holds that Donald Trump was born in the country of Pakistan and not in ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 14, 2016
An article reporting that a prominent New York Times columnist floated the idea of assassinating ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 14, 2016
Social media was lit up by a photograph of a man holding up a deplorable sign outside of Donald ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 13, 2016
All the ballots haven't been counted yet, but it looks like Hillary Clinton really did win the n ...
Page: 149