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
Oct. 28, 2016
A photograph of actor Bill Murray and a crying child has sparked an internet debate over whether ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 28, 2016
“In fact, when you say businessmen and women, I can’t help but think of a particular one that I ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 27, 2016
A hoax news article reported that "millions" of Amish people were throwing their support behind ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 27, 2016
Actor Scott Baio promulgated an untrue rumor about Chelsea Clinton's husband, Marc Mezvinsky.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 27, 2016
Reports that President Obama had passed a law requiring grandparents to "pick up" their grandchi ...
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Oct. 27, 2016
An image purporting to show Anderson Cooper posing on a bench in a pair of briefs was digitally ...
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Oct. 26, 2016
The Arby's roast beef sandwich restaurant chain is temporarily adding venison to their menu at s ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 26, 2016
A video shows Hillary Clinton laughing as Susan Shin Angulo flubbed the words to the Pledge of A ...
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Oct. 26, 2016
Audio purportedly capturing director Michael Moore endorsing Donald Trump was taken out of conte ...
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Oct. 25, 2016
A photograph purporting to show two great white sharks swimming in the Mississippi River depicts ...
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Oct. 25, 2016
Reports that the notorious Steve Bartman won $3.7 million when the Cubs made it to the World Ser ...
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Oct. 25, 2016
A photograph of a man with the word "Trump" tattooed on his forehead was hard to believe.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 25, 2016
A photograph shows a high school student's yearbook quote from 1993 predicting a Chicago Cubs Wo ...
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Oct. 24, 2016 (Updated: June 27, 2017)
A disreputable web site reported — falsely — that Vladimir Putin gave President Barack Obama 24 ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 24, 2016
"Spanish Dancer" is a type of sea slug and not a jellyfish.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 23, 2016
Trump Hotels announced in September 2016 that their new hotels would be named "Scion," but the n ...
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Oct. 23, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing a recreation of the Statue of Liberty made from the rubble of w ...
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Oct. 22, 2016
Hillary Clinton's supposed statement to the Des Moines Register about her planning to shut down ...
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Oct. 22, 2016
An unfounded rumor held that Hillary Clinton threw a tantrum, and a water glass, after NBC's "Co ...
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Oct. 21, 2016
An image of reporter Maria Bartiromo holding a phone decorated with a "Trump/Pence" sticker at t ...
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