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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.

Car, Automobile, Vehicle

Does a Photo Show Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd 35 Years After 'Back to the Future'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 4, 2021

The picture of Doc and Marty spread widely online in February 2021.

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Electronics, Remote Control

Does the Roku Player Have a 'Secret Screen'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 4, 2021

We tested those TikTok videos about the Roku screen for ourselves.

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Person, Human, Crowd

Did Biden Vow To Eliminate the 'Stepped-Up' Basis for Capital Gains Tax?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 3, 2021

For once, a viral Facebook post critical of a politician accurately articulated their past prono ...

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myanmar coup exercise video aerobics video

Did an Aerobics Video Show Parts of Myanmar Coup?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 2, 2021

Khing Hnin Wai's regular exercise video near Myanmar's parliament may have accidentally earned a ...

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No, Joe Biden Did Not Lower the Age of Consent to 8

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 1, 2021

Fake screenshots of nonexistent CNN and NBC stories were the latest installment of a set of cons ...

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Did Nancy Pelosi Invest Up to $1M in Tesla?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 1, 2021

The U.S. House Speaker came under scrutiny for the contents of a financial disclosure in January ...

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Is Alleged Capitol Rioter Kevin Seefried a 'Registered Democrat and Biden Supporter'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 29, 2021

Seefried was photographed brandishing a Confederate flag inside the halls of Congress. Claims th ...

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Do 1 in 3 Biden Appointees Have an Immigrant Background?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 28, 2021

The 46th U.S. president has made a point of achieving demographic diversity and representation i ...

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Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Confront a Parkland Shooting Survivor and Call Him a 'Coward'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 28, 2021

The Republican congresswoman from Georgia has come under scrutiny for her promotion of harmful a ...

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Does a Meme Accurately Describe 'Why It's a Big Deal Kamala Harris is VP'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 27, 2021

Harris made history several times over when she was sworn in as U.S. vice president on Jan. 20, ...

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Did Bernie Sanders Sell Meme Sweatshirts To Raise Funds for Charities?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 25, 2021

Internet users praised the Vermont senator for putting to good use a wave of publicity surroundi ...

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Did CNN Report That Antifa Took Responsibility for US Capitol Riot?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 23, 2021

A crudely doctored screenshot, complete with glaring spelling errors, was part of a broader effo ...

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Did Jay Leno Marry a 'Gorgeous Husband'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 23, 2021

Unscrupulous online advertisers led readers on a futile search for the former talk show host's ( ...

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Did JoJo Siwa Come Out as Gay?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 23, 2021

The popular dancer and social media star is known for her trademark colorful hair bows and almos ...

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Did Barron Trump Become an Emancipated Minor?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 23, 2021

A routine review of content labeled satire.

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Did Trump's 1776 Commission Report Copy and Paste Old Content?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 20, 2021

The practice of reusing your old writing, without proper citation, is known as self-plagiarism, ...

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Did Hillary Clinton Suggest Trump Spoke to Putin During Capitol Riot?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 19, 2021

"I hope historically we will find out who he's beholden to, who pulls his strings," the former D ...

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Did The New York Times Report in 1924 That Hitler Was 'Tamed by Prison'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 17, 2021

Critics of Donald Trump warned of historical parallels between the U.S. Capitol attack of 2021, ...

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Does a Popular TikTok Video Contain Photos of AOC?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 15, 2021

"Look at AOC," said a TikTok user full of praise for the New York Democrat's appearance. But who ...

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Did Lindsey Graham Meet a Proud Boys Organizer Before Capitol Attack?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 14, 2021

After the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, social media users highlighted a photograph of Graham w ...

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