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. 12, 2016
A fake news article claimed that officials had rigged the $1.5 billion Powerball Lottery and tha ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 12, 2016
A misunderstanding of an AIS map led many people to believe that cargo ships had stopped traveli ...
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Jan. 11, 2016
Donald Trump did compare prep school to military service, but this viral quote isn't completely ...
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Jan. 11, 2016
A fake news story claimed that a "booty tickler" was arrested in Texas, but of course nothing ab ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 11, 2016
A photograph purportedly depicting a "frozen spider web" is actually a picture of an ice sculpture.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 11, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing a billboard in Finland that condones rape is fake.
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Jan. 9, 2016
A fake news story about a new Delaware "Child Support Card" hit the online world in January 2016.
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Jan. 8, 2016
A German company is getting closer to producing Bimek SLV, also called the "sperm switch," but t ...
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Jan. 8, 2016
A fake video purportedly shows a UFO portal opening above CERN.
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Jan. 8, 2016
A comedian created a fake transcript of a conversation between Tony Blair and Bill Clinton.
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Jan. 7, 2016
Founding Father George Washington supposedly said that a free people need "sufficient arms and a ...
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Jan. 7, 2016
A photograph showing an abandoned submarine in a desert is a composite of two images.
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Jan. 7, 2016
Janet Jackson dispelled rumors that she had cancer on Twitter.
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Jan. 6, 2016
Michele Bachmann did not say that solar energy drains the sun of heat.
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Jan. 6, 2016
Hippopotamus milk, along with flamingo eggs, is on the list of natural things claimed to be pink.
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Jan. 6, 2016
A Twitter user claiming to be Ammon Bundy posted a message comparing the takeover of a governmen ...
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Jan. 5, 2016
No, Bill Cosby has not received a pardon for "all current and future charges."
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 5, 2016
Contrary to a circulating rumor, President Obama never said that more gun laws will eliminate crime.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 5, 2016
Actor/comedian Chevy Chase did not die of a heart attack in January 2016.
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Jan. 5, 2016
You don't have to "take me out to the ballgame" if I already live there!
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