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. 4, 2016
A fake news article claimed that Michael Jordan was dropping the price of all Air Jordan shoes t ...
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Jan. 4, 2016
New Hampshire state representative Josh Moore made an inappropriate remark regarding women breas ...
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Jan. 4, 2016
Bill Cosby did not kill himself in response to being criminally convicted of sexual assault.
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Jan. 4, 2016
A picture of an ancient cellphone supposedly unearthed by archaeologists was just a photograph o ...
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Jan. 3, 2016
A fake quote attributed to Clint Eastwod started circulating around the internet in November 2015.
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Jan. 3, 2016
There is much unseen in our world, even among what appears to be in plain sight.
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Dec. 30, 2015
A creative photograph depicting a shark attacking a motorist on a Missouri highway went viral in ...
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Dec. 30, 2015
Hillary Clinton asserted that women "have always been the primary victims of war" during a domes ...
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Dec. 30, 2015
What happens when a social media prank achieves its intended results.
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Dec. 30, 2015
Photobombing is seemingly an activity not limited to terrestrial mammals.
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Dec. 29, 2015
Yoho's "radical ideas about voting" do not include this one, fortunately.
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Dec. 29, 2015
Samuel L. Jackson said that he hoped the shooter behind the San Bernardino attack was a "crazy w ...
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Dec. 29, 2015
A fake promotion to "Netflix and Chill" with Ted Cruz has been circulated via Twitter.
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Dec. 28, 2015
A fake news story claimed that one of the YouTube pranksters was shot while filming.
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Dec. 28, 2015
A fake news article claimed that Donald Trump was removed from GOP primary ballots in five states.
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Dec. 28, 2015
A group of asylum-seekers and refugees staying at Hope Farm in South Africa threatened owners An ...
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Dec. 28, 2015
New York City has released new guidelines regulating discrimination on the basis of gender identity.
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Dec. 27, 2015
Salafists vandalized multiple burial sites in Libya because they hold that "worshipping at grave ...
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Dec. 27, 2015
A new law to regulate the use of "hoverboards" will go into effect in California on 1 January 2016.
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Dec. 24, 2015
A closer look at some allegations of racism supposedly displayed in the comic strip "Peanuts" an ...
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