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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.

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Did the Vatican Confirm Pope Francis Had Coronavirus?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

March 3, 2020

An unreliable website furthered rumors about the pontiff's health in early 2020.

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Was Elizabeth Warren Once Fired for Being Pregnant?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

March 2, 2020

The 2020 presidential candidate's account of her time as a speech therapist in Riverdale, New Je ...

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Did Michelle Obama Praise Harvey Weinstein as a 'Wonderful Human Being' in 2013?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 27, 2020

The former first lady thanked Weinstein for his role in a White House student film event — four ...

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Was Joe Biden Arrested in South Africa in the 1970s?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 26, 2020 (Updated: March 3, 2020)

The former vice president has repeatedly claimed to have been arrested while attempting to visit ...

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Did Clint Eastwood Express Support for Mike Bloomberg in 2020?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 24, 2020

The Hollywood icon supported the election of Donald Trump in 2016.

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Did Bloomberg Say Elderly Cancer Patients Should Not Be Treated To Alleviate Health Care Costs?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 21, 2020 (Updated: Feb. 25, 2020)

The billionaire businessman and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate faced renewed criticism f ...

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Did Obama's Last 3 Years See More Jobs Created Than Trump's First 3?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 19, 2020

Left-leaning critics of U.S. President Donald Trump rejected his claims to overseeing unpreceden ...

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Did US 'Lead the World' in Reducing CO2 Emissions in 2019?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 19, 2020

Right-leaning websites celebrated the findings of a February 2020 report by the International En ...

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China's Official Newspaper Mislabels Video Footage in Coronavirus Coverage

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 18, 2020

A People's Daily video claiming to show "full-front disinfection work" in Wuhan included footage ...

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Did Mike Bloomberg Say 'Anybody Can Be a Farmer,' Tech Work Requires 'More Gray Matter'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 18, 2020

South Dakota's Republican governor accused the 2020 presidential candidate of "pompous ignorance ...

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Did a U.S. Congressman Brutally Beat a Senator in the 19th Century?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 13, 2020

After U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped up President Donald Trump's State of the Union spee ...

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Would the New Way Forward Act Protect Criminals from Deportation?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 12, 2020

Fox News host Tucker Carlson called an immigration reform bill "the most radical single piece of ...

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Was Pete Buttigieg's Father a Marxist Who Spoke Fondly of 'Communist Manifesto'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 10, 2020

As the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries began to heat up, so did the scrutiny on candidate ...

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Did Rush Limbaugh Say Nicotine Was Not Proven To Be Addictive?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 7, 2020

Some detractors hinted at a degree of irony in this quote after the conservative radio host anno ...

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Did Bernie Sanders Express Support for Iran During '79 Hostage Crisis?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 5, 2020

A widely shared meme contained several key falsehoods about the independent Vermont senator's fo ...

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Does New York Require a Permit to Stargaze in State Parks?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 31, 2020

A few websites reported, with a note of outrage, that New York state was charging an annual fee ...

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Was This 'Health Bulletin' an Accurate Coronavirus Warning?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 31, 2020

A viral social media post erroneously advised the public to "keep your throat moist" in order to ...

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Did Boko Haram Behead a Nigerian Pastor After He 'Refused to Deny Christ'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 30, 2020

Readers inquired about the details surrounding the horrific execution of the Rev. Lawan Andimi i ...

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Did Trump Adviser Paula White Pray for All 'Satanic Pregnancies' to Be Terminated?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 28, 2020

The controversial televangelist engendered criticism and controversy for remarks she made during ...

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Did a 2012 Tweet Predict Kobe's Death?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 28, 2020

An eerily prescient tweet gained prominence after the tragic demise of basketball legend Kobe Br ...

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