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
Sept. 13, 2016
A hoax news article blended several memes when it reported that a zoo named a baby gorilla Haram ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 13, 2016
A fake news article reported that a new federal law would bar persons under the age of 18-years ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 13, 2016
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison didn't issue a tweet threatening teammates who wer ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 12, 2016
An NFL owner didn't tell his players they were "actors" playing the role of "patriotic super her ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 12, 2016
Reports that President Obama said the United States 'deserved 9/11' for not respecting Islam ori ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 12, 2016
In 2013, Donald Trump extended his best wishes to 'haters and losers' via Twitter on the anniver ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 12, 2016
Drilling a small hole into the shell of an iPhone 7 won't help you find the device's "hidden" he ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 12, 2016
Although some businesses in Sweden have started experimenting with a shorter workday, the countr ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 10, 2016
There's no evidence (beyond a meme) that Hillary Clinton said she would be disappointed if her d ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 8, 2016
A photograph showing Ivanka Trump seemingly sitting on her famous father's lap documents less th ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 8, 2016
Durex jokingly suggested they were producing an eggplant-flavored prophylactic while campaigning ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 7, 2016
A fake news article reported that an Arizona woman named Shania Jones was arrested for cutting o ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 7, 2016
This doesn't sound like the kind of plan someone would openly announce.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 7, 2016
Information about 'purple paint' trespass warning laws in some states is often shared under misl ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 6, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing a waterspout produced in North Carolina by Hurricane Hermine is ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 6, 2016
A fake news article reported that President Obama asked Americans not to hold 9/11 victim tribut ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 6, 2016
Anti-Islam articles falsely reported that the Empire State Building would be illuminated green o ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 5, 2016
It might seem unbelievable to some that Donald Trump could have been considered for an award in ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 4, 2016
A hoax news article reported that a woman was sentenced to seven years in prison for breastfeedi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 4, 2016
A tweet purporting to be from a CBS reporter claiming that Hillary Clinton was dropping out of t ...
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