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
July 6, 2016
A hoax news article reported that a woman was injured while attempting to smuggle fireworks out ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 5, 2016
A video showing activist Ihab al-Khouli reacting angrily to a speech by former Egyptian Presiden ...
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July 5, 2016
A hoax news article reported that Canadian restaurant and coffee chain Tim Hortons will start se ...
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July 5, 2016
The network admitted that it used previously-shot video during its 2016 Independence Day "live" ...
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July 4, 2016
A fake photograph shows a 'Welcome Sign' outside of Mingo County, West Virginia, warning visitor ...
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July 1, 2016
A photograph showing a man posing with a wild horse he killed in Australia using a bow and arrow ...
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June 30, 2016
Images purportedly showing the skeletal remains of the Loch Ness Monster were actually taken fro ...
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June 29, 2016
Only in the fake news universe could two historical Bibles be confused with a copy of the Quran.
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June 29, 2016
A misleading article about religious worship at public schools in the UK claimed the U.N. had de ...
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June 29, 2016
A fake news article reported that several Islamic Cultural Centers gave a large amount of money ...
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June 29, 2016
An old photograph showing a Muslim TSA agent screening a nun at an airport has nothing to do wit ...
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June 28, 2016
A fake news article reported that a woman allowed her boyfriend to etch a full-chest tattoo on h ...
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June 28, 2016
A fake news article reported that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had promised to ...
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June 28, 2016
A hoax Twitter account propagated a false rumor that acclaimed author Cormac McCarthy had died o ...
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June 27, 2016
Advertisements that mimic magazine articles falsely report that Ellen DeGeneres is leaving her t ...
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June 27, 2016
A viral Facebook post claimed that a dog glued its jaws shut by chewing on a Domino's Pizza lea ...
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June 27, 2016
A map purportedly showing that areas affected by mad cow disease in 1992 ended up voting "leave" ...
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June 26, 2016
A fake news article reported that all 4th of July fireworks shows in the U.S. have been cancelle ...
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June 25, 2016
A misleading and fear-mongering video purportedly showing 'radical' Muslims rallying around an i ...
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June 24, 2016
An image showing a "British Refugees Welcome" sign on the Palacio Cibeles in Spain was digitally ...
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