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. 20, 2016
A comedy sketch featuring Donald Trump "buying" two children was shared as a real news story fro ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 20, 2016
An indecipherable noise recorded during the third 2016 presidential debate led to claims that so ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 20, 2016
Outgoing President George H.W. Bush left a supportive note that welcomed incoming President Bill ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 19, 2016
Reports that singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has rejected his Nobel Prize Award for Literature are f ...
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Oct. 18, 2016
Reports that singer Billy Ocean passed away in October 2016 during a visit to South Africa are f ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 18, 2016
Nice work, if you can get it.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 15, 2016
A statement from Sarah Palin about the lewd comments made by Donald Trump in 2005 is just a spoof.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 15, 2016
A report that Democratic VP candidate Tim Kaine threatened to ban the Catholic Church from the U ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 15, 2016
A photograph purportedly capturing Hillary Clinton grabbing a man's crotch actually shows actre ...
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Oct. 15, 2016
Political image attempts to portray Michelle Obama as a hypocrite for holding up singer Beyoncé ...
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Oct. 14, 2016
A "WholeFoods" business in Australia asked customers to be mindful of gendered language, but the ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 14, 2016
A Facebook image incorrectly claims that Hillary Clinton has never issued a political ad touting ...
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Oct. 14, 2016
A report that New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul lost a hand when his cell phone ex ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 13, 2016
Mike Pence's father did run a chain of gas stations, but we found no evidence that those busines ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 13, 2016
An audio recording purportedly capturing Democratic VP candidate Tim Kaine yelling at his daught ...
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Oct. 12, 2016
There's no hard evidence that President Obama was captured sporting an erection in front of fema ...
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Oct. 12, 2016
A political golf joke involving Arnold Palmer and Hillary Clinton was mistaken for real news by ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 11, 2016
A parody page, not former Republican congresswoman Michele Bachmann, said Christopher Columbus w ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 11, 2016
The term "sand n*****" does appear in e-mail sent by Hillary Clinton and published by Wikileaks, ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 11, 2016
A satirical item published by The New Yorker reported that Russian president Vladimir Putin had ...
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