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. 12, 2016
A genuine news story from 2014 is often shared along with a series of unrelated images.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 12, 2016
A few misleading maps were circulated after the 2016 presidential election insinuating that area ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 12, 2016
A disreputable web site published an article falsely claiming that Donald Trump's "first order" ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 11, 2016
An old video of a woman defecating on a sign was shared in November 2016 with the false claim th ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 11, 2016
An article from 2007 about proposed electoral changes was misinterpreted and shared as genuine n ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 11, 2016
Photographs showing long lines of buses were shared with the untrue claim that they were used to ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 11, 2016
A video purportedly showing strange clouds forming over Israel shortly after the conclusion of t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 11, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing a violent anti-Trump protest in the U.S. was actually taken in ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 10, 2016
An image purportedly showing two people wearing blackface in front of a Confederate flag was wid ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 10, 2016
A hoax news article reported that Hillary Clinton filed for divorce from Bill Clinton just after ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 9, 2016
Unsubstantiated post-election rumor claimed that supporters chanted "We hate Muslims, we hate Bl ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 9, 2016
Reports that Harambe the deceased gorilla received thousands of votes in the 2016 U.S. president ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 8, 2016
A quote ostensibly uttered by notorious gangster Al Capone about electing a woman president when ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 8, 2016
Donald Trump's son, Eric, posted -- and then deleted -- a possibly illegal photograph of his bal ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 8, 2016
During a campaign speech Donald Trump read a letter from Patriots coach Bill Belichick and claim ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 8, 2016
Reports that Ivanka Trump disavowed her father just before the 2016 presidential election are fa ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 7, 2016
Reports that the Clinton campaign paid Beyonce and Jay Z $62 million to perform a concert in Cle ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 7, 2016
An image showing Hillary Clinton on the cover of a Newsweek publication under the title "Madam P ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 7, 2016
A psychological exercise Clinton used in the 1990s was real but later became mistaken for a reli ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 7, 2016
A photograph shows a sign supporting Donald Trump in front of a house owned by Comey, but it's u ...
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