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. 4, 2016
An e-mail published by WikiLeaks mentioned "spirit cooking," but claims that Hillary Clinton or ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 4, 2016
A humorous article reporting that Dunkin Donuts' new holiday cup featured Richard Dawkins giving ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 4, 2016
Reports that Donald Trump had threatened to deport Broadway star Lin-Manuel Miranda were just fa ...
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Nov. 4, 2016
An image purportedly showing an electoral map based on "Facebook analytics" is not supported by ...
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Nov. 4, 2016
A baseless article accused Summer Zervos of fabricating her sexual harassment accusations agains ...
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Nov. 3, 2016
A parody video showing Matthew McConaughey endorsing Donald Trump was shared as legitimate news ...
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Nov. 3, 2016
A spoof of the Starbucks "holiday cups" controversy held that CEO Howard Schultz admitted he is ...
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Nov. 3, 2016
A list of facts connected to the number 108 went viral shortly after the Chicago Cubs won their ...
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Nov. 2, 2016
A Facebook post claiming that Hillary Clinton had cancelled a campaign event due to chants of "l ...
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Nov. 2, 2016
A story that drummer Ginger Baker sodomized a hapless burglar with his cane came from a satirica ...
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Nov. 2, 2016
Several web sites falsely claimed President Obama, Elizabeth Warren, and other Democratic politi ...
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Nov. 1, 2016
A clip from the MSNBC show "Hardball" was deceptively edited to make it appear as if host Chris ...
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Nov. 1, 2016
A disreputable web site falsely accused First Lady Michelle Obama of "scrubbing" her Twitter acc ...
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Oct. 30, 2016
Audio of actor Mel Gibson yelling at Oksana Girgorieva was shared in as if it captured VP candid ...
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Oct. 30, 2016
A photograph showing the size of a crowd during Bill Clinton's appearance at Cleveland State Uni ...
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Oct. 29, 2016
The Rothschild family is rich, but claims that they have a net worth of $500 trillion and own 80 ...
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Oct. 29, 2016
A somewhat misleading article suggested that several states were allowing people to change their ...
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Oct. 29, 2016
A disreputable web site falsely claimed that President Obama had cancelled all appearances at Hi ...
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Oct. 29, 2016
A disreputable web site spread a baseless rumor holding that Hillary Clinton's campaign manager ...
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Oct. 28, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing Hillary Clinton and her college roommate is actually of two uni ...
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