Dan MacGuill
Dan Mac Guill worked at Snopes between May 2017 and August 2022. Mac Guill is a journalist and fact-checker from Dublin, Ireland, based in Northeastern Pennsylvania. He ran FactCheck on TheJournal.ie - the Republic of Ireland's first dedicated fact-checking service - from 2016 to 2017, and worked as a reporter for TheJournal.ie from 2014. Before that, he was Deputy Editor of The Local France in Paris. He has a BA in philosophy from the University of Scranton and an MA in political science from Villanova University in Pennsylvania.
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June 14, 2021
In 2021, social media users enjoyed the apparent prescience of an 87-year-old cartoon.
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June 12, 2021
Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper has been charged with wire fraud and money laundering for her role ...
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June 11, 2021
As soccer fans clash over "taking a knee," a look back at the European Championship's past contr ...
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June 10, 2021 (Updated: June 25, 2021)
Gosiame Thamara Sithole made headlines around the world in June 2021.
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June 9, 2021
The U.S. president faced criticism, primarily from right-leaning critics, in June 2021.
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June 8, 2021
In 2021, social media posts referenced a 130-year-old scandal and a horrifying anecdote from a c ...
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June 7, 2021
A viral Facebook post brought Lyft's "Smart Trip Check-in" feature to the attention of many read ...
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June 3, 2021
An unfortunate old photograph re-emerged online in June 2021 — LGBTQ Pride Month in the U.S. and ...
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June 3, 2021 (Updated: June 23, 2021)
"Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Getrank" ("One People, One Realm, One Drink") read a supposed Nazi-era ...
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June 3, 2021
Reader beware.
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June 2, 2021
In 2021, news outlets reported that tens of thousands of people wanted to ditch the name of the ...
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June 2, 2021
Fox News host Tucker Carlson grossly misrepresented remarks made by President Joe Biden in June ...
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June 1, 2021
The vice president was castigated by right-wing commentators for failing to mention the ethos be ...
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June 1, 2021
The former Army general and Trump ally appeared at a right-wing conference in Texas in May 2021.
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May 30, 2021
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Val Arkoosh condemned Pennsylvania House Bill 118 as "unbelieva ...
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May 29, 2021
In 2021, many readers found out about an unusual law passed by Oklahoma legislators more than a ...
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May 28, 2021
A popular and colorful quotation has been attributed to the former first lady for many years. Is ...
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May 24, 2021
The "Your Shot to Fly" sweepstakes was aimed at encouraging U.S. residents to get vaccinated aga ...
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May 24, 2021
One of the Georgia congresswoman's Republican colleagues described her remarks as "evil lunacy."
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May 20, 2021
Before she became a television icon, Arthur had a stint as a truck driver in the Marine Corps Wo ...
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