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.
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Feb. 5, 2016
Buying drinks dispensed from whisky vending machines wasn't as common as is now claimed.
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Feb. 4, 2016
A meme about Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders displayed questionable accuracy an ...
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Feb. 4, 2016
The presidential candidate also said that he was a conservative third, and a Republican fourth.
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Feb. 4, 2016
A fake news article reported that President Obama had removed the phrase 'under God' from the Pl ...
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Feb. 3, 2016
The artists installed the signs in Sweden to warn drivers about people crossing streets while st ...
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Feb. 2, 2016
A fake quote attributed to Bill Murray about trusting dogs instead of humans is frequently share ...
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Feb. 2, 2016
A fake image purportedly showing a tweet from Senator Bernie Sanders claims that the senator wan ...
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Feb. 2, 2016
A fake news item claimed that actor Barry Williams was shot dead during a manhunt for a serial k ...
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Feb. 1, 2016
An online rumor claimed that presidential candidate Donald Trump paid Sarah Palin $10 million fo ...
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Feb. 1, 2016
Bernie Sanders has been criticized as hypocritical for only paying his interns $12 an hour despi ...
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Feb. 1, 2016
Ted Cruz never said that there is "no place for gays or atheists in my America."
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Jan. 30, 2016
Unlicensed private gun sellers will no longer be able to use the Facebook social media network t ...
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Jan. 29, 2016
A purported image of 'Teletubby Lake' is a digital manipulation created for a Photoshop contest, ...
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Jan. 29, 2016
A Valentine's Day special at Hooters promises free wings for photos of your ex.
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Jan. 28, 2016
Rumors that popular comedian Bill Murray proclaimed 'Religion is the worst enemy of mankind' ori ...
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Jan. 28, 2016
A news article reporting that men in Eritrea were being forced into polygamy to raise the countr ...
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Jan. 28, 2016
Politics does sometimes make for strange bedfellows.
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Jan. 28, 2016
After a major snowstorm, two female lawmakers held a brief administrative session to postpone Se ...
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Jan. 28, 2016
A series of photographs shows nearly (but not completely) frozen waves off the coast of Nantucket.
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Jan. 27, 2016
A fake news article claimed that the billionaire had purchased the tiny town of Buford.
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