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
March 23, 2020
Rumors from North Korea are notoriously difficult to fact check.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 23, 2020
No, but we don't doubt the effectiveness of such a strategy.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 23, 2020
These two countries took different approaches in the early days of the pandemic and saw vastly d ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 20, 2020
A few McDonald's locations in the U.S. made a major announcement about kids' meals.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 19, 2020
A few bright spots do indeed shine amid the doom and gloom of the new coronavirus.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 19, 2020
Don't hold your breath for this rumored movie version.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 18, 2020
A test graphic using dummy data was never meant to hit the airwaves.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 18, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that he felt COVID-19 was a pandemic "long before it was cal ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 18, 2020
This rumor about Oprah Winfrey was a sliver of a much larger conspiracy theory spreading dangero ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 17, 2020
An unclear headline and a paywalled article led to some confusion about Amazon's announcement.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 17, 2020
This quote has been circulating since at least 2004, but its provenance is still unknown.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 17, 2020
Confusing and unsubstantiated reports said the United States offered large sums of money to secu ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 16, 2020
You can't conjure up a giveaway out of thin air.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 16, 2020
This false rumor demonstrates how one subtle video edit can achieve a huge deception.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 16, 2020
Announcements of a "national lockdown" or "mandatory quarantine" would not be made via viral tex ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 13, 2020
Malicious actors often attempt to spread malware by disguising it as information from credible s ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 12, 2020
A personal account concerning the spread of COVID-19 in Italy went viral in March 2020.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 12, 2020
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson truly did announce they had tested positive for the new coronavirus in ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 11, 2020
The last thing readers needed amid the 2020 coronavirus pandemic was fiction disguised as "news."
Written by: Dan Evon
March 11, 2020
Physician: "The situation is now nothing short of dramatic. No other words come to mind."
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