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
Jan. 19, 2016
A popular photograph purportedly showing a hapless 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' contestant is ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 19, 2016
A photograph shows four Texas brothers who were all said to be nearly 8 feet tall, but their act ...
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Jan. 19, 2016
A confusing title from a fake news article led some people to believe that Keith Richards had pa ...
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Jan. 18, 2016
Frey, one of the founding members of rock band the Eagles, passed away due to complications from ...
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Jan. 18, 2016
A fake news article claimed that Donald Trump would deport all Nigerians if he were elected pres ...
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Jan. 18, 2016
A "public masturbation booth" in NYC was a publicity stunt for a sex toy company.
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Jan. 18, 2016
A fake news article claimed that the band Metallica filed a lawsuit against an 8th-grader for d ...
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Jan. 16, 2016
A new Facebook hoax claims that Powerball winners John and Lisa Robinson are giving away their m ...
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Jan. 15, 2016
A photograph showing a woman in blackface and a man dressed as a hillbilly is not a picture of B ...
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Jan. 15, 2016
A report from 2011 about the cremated partial remains of 274 soldiers being dumped in a landfill ...
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Jan. 14, 2016
Numerous people on social media are falsely claiming that they won the $1.6 Powerball lottery ja ...
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Jan. 14, 2016
A fake news article claimed that an elderly birdwatcher had a physical confrontation with an Ore ...
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Jan. 14, 2016
A photograph showing a "baby great white shark" actually shows a salmon shark.
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Jan. 14, 2016
A fake news article claimed that a hedge fund manager named Jared Price won the $1.6 billion Pow ...
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Jan. 13, 2016
The Queen of England has not issued a promise to her subjects that she will invade the United St ...
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Jan. 13, 2016
The photo began circulating soon after both musicians passed away.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 13, 2016
A photograph showing President Obama wearing American flag glasses was not taken after the 2016 ...
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Jan. 13, 2016
A fake news article claimed that the actor had been murdered, possibly by El Chapo henchmen.
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Jan. 13, 2016
An outrage-provoking photograph showing pigs confined in confiningly small cages is real, but th ...
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Jan. 12, 2016
Many assumed that "Full House" star Ashley Olsen had died after hearing that another woman named ...
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