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
Oct. 26, 2015
A popular meme inaccurately claims that Congressman Paul Ryan worked only 97 days in 2014.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 26, 2015
Popular NASA photographs purportedly highlighting the dramatic effects of deforestation in North ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 24, 2015
Fake news reports that 'Empire' actor Bryshere Y. Gray was shot dead.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 24, 2015
A series of photographs purportedly showing Hurricane Patricia began circulating on social media ...
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Oct. 23, 2015
Reports that "Jake from State Farm" of insurance commercial fame had been murdered by his wife w ...
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Oct. 23, 2015
Fake news reports a woman was busted for pleasuring herself in a Walmart restroom with a meat pr ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 22, 2015 (Updated: Oct. 3, 2022)
The image of an autumnal landscape was first published on Flickr in 2006.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 21, 2015
A video of a supposed working hoverboard is just another reminder that the future imagined in th ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 21, 2015
"Yelp is seeking damages caused by the latest episode of South Park which lampooned the customer ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 20, 2015
This photograph shows a real shark, but not on the shores of Michigan.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 20, 2015 (Updated: Sept. 1, 2022)
A photograph purportedly taken during the JFK assassination is actually from a re-enactment of t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 19, 2015
Fake movie posters depict Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Johnny Bravo and Emma Watson, Emma Stone, ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 19, 2015
"Betty's classic beauty put her on over 300 magazine covers and books."
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 19, 2015 (Updated: Nov. 4, 2022)
The image supposedly showing the famous animal strapped to a table has circulated since 2015.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 16, 2015
A Facebook post from Benjamin Miller concerning a $2,344 fine for not having insurance went vira ...
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Oct. 14, 2015 (Updated: Aug. 10, 2023)
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 14, 2015
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