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. 18, 2019
Attempts to discredit the freshman lawmaker from NYC seem to know no end.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 17, 2019
Millions of people have viewed a video supposedly showing the critters (or unmixed caramel color ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 17, 2019
Once fake news, always fake news.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 16, 2019
A leaked email used in 2009 to push the "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory was repurposed in 2019 to ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 16, 2019
An impostor newspaper designed to resemble the Washington Post was distributed around downtown W ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 15, 2019
Some social media users were surprised to learn the lengths to which Texas officials have gone t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 15, 2019
You know the old quip: reports of death can be greatly exaggerated.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 14, 2019
Always good to beware of what news items you ingest.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 14, 2019
A photograph purportedly captures a soldier doing the dab all the way back in 1932.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 14, 2019
A number of recent laws have focused on preventing distracted driving, but the penalties vary fr ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 11, 2019
You can't get kicked out of a place you haven't been.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 11, 2019
President Trump needs to raise funds before he raises walls.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 10, 2019
Whether it does or doesn't show rioting, the video has been viewed more than 1.6 million times.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 10, 2019
Donald Trump in 2004: "‘If there’s a concrete wall in front of you, go through it, go over it, g ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 10, 2019
Political trolls take advantage of the fact that capital I's and lower case L's can easily be mi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 9, 2019 (Updated: Jan. 15, 2019)
You can reach just about any conclusion with shoddy statistics and false premises.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 9, 2019
The flag-ripping incident was captured on video, but as always there was more to the story than ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 8, 2019
"Our final objective is to create our own Islamic systems."
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 8, 2019
Accusations of racism were based solely on a blurry and obscured glimpse of an object on Sen. El ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 7, 2019
A tragic death which was nonetheless unrelated to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy.
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