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
Aug. 11, 2016
A spurious rumor holds that the Twitter social media platform will be shutting down in 2017 due ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 11, 2016
A Snapple "fun fact" and commercial created the misleading impression that bees are born fully g ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 11, 2016
An image showing a Twitter conversation between Hillary Clinton and Gary Sinise about guns is fake.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 10, 2016
"When I met that young man, I felt like I was the one shaking hands with a president," Reagan re ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 10, 2016
Conspiracy theorists have claimed that a Secret Service agent frequently photographed with Hilla ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 9, 2016
A tweet ostensibly posted by vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine allegedly acknowledges that h ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 9, 2016
A misleading article reported that presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had "refused" to congr ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 9, 2016
Don't you just hate it when people post your embarrassing baby pictures on the internet?
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 8, 2016
Several right-wing web sites circulated a months-old photograph of Hillary Clinton slipping on s ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 8, 2016
A fake news story reporting that President Obama stated he was considering moving to Canada if D ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 8, 2016
Misleading headlines reported that GOP candidate Donald Trump ordered a squalling infant removed ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 8, 2016
A satirical article published by the Charlotte Observer fooled many readers into believing that ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 5, 2016
For the first time in their history, the Harvard Republican Club said they would not be endorsin ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 5, 2016
President Kennedy not only gave all his presidential salary to charity, but his congressional sa ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 4, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing kill markings that indicate flying saucers on a WWII-era anti-a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 4, 2016
A junk news story about the cancellation of the 'Mike & Molly' sitcom over Melissa McCarthy's w ...
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Aug. 4, 2016
Video of a campaign speech supposedly captures Hillary Clinton surprisingly saying that she is ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 3, 2016
A report that the Elevation Church had installed a water slide to speed up baptisms originated w ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 3, 2016 (Updated: June 27, 2017)
A popular message incorrectly advised that citizens could avoid criminal charges if they followe ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 3, 2016
Searching Google for the word "trap" will result in an example about demonstrators and police, b ...
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