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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May 25, 2022
Joe Biden faces a fight from within his own party in solving the mounting student loan crisis an ...
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May 24, 2022
The same stupid memes, from the same stupid sources, every stupid time.
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May 24, 2022
The footage was shared widely on social media in May 2022, prompting speculation about its authe ...
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May 18, 2022
Did a remarkable, often-overlooked Founder suffer a bizarre and horrible cause of death?
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May 17, 2022
In 1980, an 8-year-old Justin Trudeau accompanied his father Pierre on a trip to Europe.
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May 13, 2022
A lawsuit by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton provoked headlines and social media posts in May ...
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May 11, 2022
Abortion-rights activists responded with outrage to a footnote from the draft opinion overturnin ...
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May 11, 2022 (Updated: June 24, 2022)
Now that the landmark abortion ruling has been overturned, expect a patchwork of state laws gove ...
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May 5, 2022
Left-wing critics caused "#LyingGOP" to trend on social media in May 2022. But did they miss som ...
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May 3, 2022
The leaking of a draft majority opinion on the night of May 2, 2022, produced a significant resp ...
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May 2, 2022
Did the embittered former president really tell his supporters to "boycott the midterm elections"?
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May 2, 2022
Internet users enjoyed photos of an early-20th century box of tampons. But what does the histori ...
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April 28, 2022
How much did a dozen eggs cost back in 1922? When was sugar at its cheapest?
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April 27, 2022
A more than decade-old screed about immigration reemerged on Facebook in 2022.
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April 27, 2022
The legendary animator continues to inspire viewers more than 50 years after his death.
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April 27, 2022
Dead deer, cartoon cats, "covfefe." A lot can go wrong when politicians log in to social media.
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April 26, 2022
Social media users enthusiastically shared a post about "Sir Ruben J. Cat, KBE," in April 2022.
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April 20, 2022
The strangely moving photograph was shared on social media in April 2022.
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April 20, 2022
A popular meme claimed the Vatican banned gas-fueled lighting for religious reasons. Was it all ...
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April 19, 2022
An unusual employment law case from Kenton County, Kentucky, attracted headlines around the worl ...
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