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
May 28, 2016
Those searching for eight pots of gold here are bound to be octo-disappointed.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 28, 2016
A fake news article reported that Donald Trump's tax returns were posted online after Anonymous ...
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May 27, 2016
A video shows a "rare black rose" that only seems to grow in one small village on the Anatolian ...
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May 27, 2016
An article reporting that Paris was "under siege by Muslims" came from a fearmongering site that ...
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May 27, 2016
A quote from the Republican presidential candidate about the role of money is real, but has been ...
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May 26, 2016
A fake news article reported that a National Geographic cameraman was eaten alive by a giant oce ...
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May 26, 2016
A fake Donald Trump tweet claiming that he's been a plant for Hillary Clinton all along wasn't a ...
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May 26, 2016
A rumor that Oprah Winfrey had endorsed Donald Trump for President of the United States circulat ...
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May 26, 2016
An image purportedly showing a little-known Norman Rockwell painting entitled "Cat Prevents Hous ...
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May 26, 2016
An image shows how eight famous landmarks could all comfortably fit inside the Indianapolis Moto ...
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May 25, 2016
A false — and dangerous — claim that Americans are immune to the Zika virus is circulating on Tw ...
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May 25, 2016
A purported photograph that shows the galaxy next to (and much larger than) the moon is actually ...
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May 25, 2016
Marvel creator and comic book icon Stan Lee has passed away, TMZ reports.
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May 24, 2016
A fake news article claimed that Eric Trump said that his father Donald Trump should send Hispan ...
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May 24, 2016
A piece of art depicting a man watering a tree so that he could hang himself from it supposedly ...
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May 24, 2016
A viral video purports to show a sexual act depicted in a scene from the popular children's movi ...
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May 24, 2016
An article that reported that Florida highways would be getting special lanes to accommodate peo ...
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May 24, 2016
A quote concerning the irrelevancy of voting is often attributed to American humorist Mark Twain.
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May 23, 2016
An image showing the inside of a leatherback turtle's mouth is gruesome and terrifying ... but i ...
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May 23, 2016
An animated image purportedly showing a road rage incident was actually taken from an episode of ...
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