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
Nov. 4, 2015
The Obama administration has not issued a ban on sending Christmas cards to U.S. military member ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 4, 2015
Fake news falsely reports that McDonald's will be closing 17,000 restaurants nationwide due to a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 4, 2015
A UFO supposedly photographed over Memphis, Tennessee, by several different people was actually ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 4, 2015
Pro wrestler Hulk Hogan did not take his own life in September 2015.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 4, 2015 (Updated: Jan. 16, 2020)
An image appearing to show the profile view of two human faces on a cow's face has its origins a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 3, 2015
A Facebook anecdote maintains that Bernie Sanders once charitably bought a homeless man a new pa ...
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Nov. 2, 2015
A fake news web site published a story claiming that 53 people had died in a Halloween "hatchet ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 2, 2015 (Updated: Aug. 10, 2022)
A photograph purportedly showing a rare red owl with blue eyes is just the latest in digital owl ...
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Nov. 1, 2015
Paul Ryan did not say that "rape is just another method of conception," but he did once state th ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 30, 2015
Facebook supposedly removed a photograph of "little Timmy" saluting the U.S. flag due to compla ...
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Oct. 29, 2015
Photographs of a newly formed "gash" in the Big Horn Mountains have intrigued online viewers.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 29, 2015
The band Godsmack is not changing their name to Powerchord due to complaints from listeners.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 29, 2015
A digitally manipulated photograph purportedly shows that the In-N-Out Burger chain printed "Hai ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 29, 2015
Comedian Tyler Perry did not buy American Airlines and rename it African-American Airlines.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 28, 2015
General George S. Patton likely never said that "liberal democrats" were the lowest forms of pol ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 27, 2015
A video showing a mother stabbing her baby in order to get revenge on her boyfriend was a prank ...
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Oct. 27, 2015
An old news item about actor Johnny Depp's intention to buy Wounded Knee began recirculating in ...
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Oct. 27, 2015
A popular photograph does not accurately depict a worker standing on the cables of the unfinishe ...
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Oct. 27, 2015
An object dubbed WT1190F is expected to enter Earth's atmosphere on 13 November 2015 but poses n ...
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Oct. 26, 2015
The face of the mass-murdering Michael Myers character in the 'Halloween' films was originally a ...
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