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
Feb. 28, 2016
An image purportedly showing a baby dragon was circulated online.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 26, 2016
The photograph actually shows a mass spaying and neutering event at the University of Florida — ...
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Feb. 26, 2016
“We don’t really need these non-Americans and I don’t need their votes to win the presidency."
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Feb. 26, 2016
The Texas senator supposedly asserted that no mass shootings took place when "gays stayed hidden."
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 26, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing "the world's cutest rodent" is a felt doll, but its real counte ...
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Feb. 26, 2016
Internet conspiracy theorists claim that pop star Katy Perry is actually the murdered six-year-o ...
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Feb. 25, 2016
"Bison bones were used in refining sugar, and in making fertilizer and fine bone china."
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Feb. 25, 2016
A purported 1929 quote from Liselotte Hübner about Adolf Hitler was superimposed on an image of ...
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Feb. 25, 2016
Photos that claim to show the effects of the Fukushima nuclear disaster on marine life are actua ...
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Feb. 24, 2016
While photos show two people in Ku Klux Klan robes showing support for Donald Trump at the Nevad ...
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Feb. 24, 2016
A fake news article claimed that Sony Pictures was remaking the movie "Mrs. Doubtfire" with Jona ...
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Feb. 24, 2016
A story that claimed that the former First Lady had endorsed Clinton as President originated fro ...
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Feb. 23, 2016
A poorly punctuated Facebook post led many people to believe that Sandra Day O'Connor had some e ...
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Feb. 23, 2016
Giraffe-diving is not yet an Olympic sport.
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Feb. 23, 2016
An article published in 2016 reporting that a hitchhiking woman was raped and murdered by Muslim ...
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Feb. 23, 2016
A story that President Obama had chosen Rashad Hussain to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme ...
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Feb. 22, 2016
The "fennec hare," while adorable, isn't endangered — because it doesn't exist.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 22, 2016
The anti-discrimination group does caution that polarization and extremism is on the rise, in so ...
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Feb. 22, 2016 (Updated: Jan. 22, 2018)
California did pass a law intended to increase voter turnout, but the state has not made it lega ...
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Feb. 22, 2016
A fake news article claimed Lara, who goes by "Damn Daniel" on Vine, had been robbed for his sig ...
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