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
July 27, 2020
A scaremongering piece of propaganda was created to smear the LGBTQ community.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 24, 2020
According to one estimate, the COVID-19 pandemic may leave as many as 300,000 Americans dead by ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 24, 2020
The White House Coronavirus Task Force leader has been highly scrutinized throughout the COVID-1 ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 23, 2020
The United States is not the only country that has seen violent clashes between police and prote ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 23, 2020
On the contrary, testing this conspiracy theory actually proves the opposite of what it imagines.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 22, 2020
Jokes and conspiracy theories often get mistaken from one another on social media.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 22, 2020
President Donald Trump has been photographed with Jeffrey Epstein on several occasions.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 22, 2020
A number of videos have documented police brutality in the United States in 2020.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 21, 2020
Diabolical plans for world domination aren't normally posted as readily available PDFs, even bac ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 21, 2020
We reached out to Johnny Bravo for comment but have yet to receive a response.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 20, 2020 (Updated: Aug. 24, 2020)
This is far from the first time a wild accusation has been lobbed at a politician because an int ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 20, 2020
If you can't find a political icon expressing the opinion you want, make up the opinion and shar ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 15, 2020
The former game show host had previously said that the CDC, doctors, Democrats, and the media we ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 15, 2020
It may come as a surprise to some, but more than one person has the name "George Floyd."
Written by: Dan Evon
July 14, 2020
A common tactic of purveyors of misinformation is to attach a well-known person to an opinion pi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 13, 2020
According to the Anti-Defamation League, white nationalists started to appropriate the common "O ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 13, 2020
What's a conspiracy theory without miscaptioned illustrations?
Written by: Dan Evon
July 13, 2020
A viral image supposedly shows the U.S. president wearing his mask below his nose, but the origi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 10, 2020 (Updated: July 23, 2020)
The claim that Wayfair is trafficking children is based almost entirely on one person's confusio ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 10, 2020
Endorsing someone for president without knowing the platform they'll be running on is generally ...
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