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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 a Video Show a Fox Suckling Koalas Orphaned by Australia Fires?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 27, 2020

A viral video was heartwarming enough without the wildly false framing added to it.

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Are FedEx 'Set Delivery Preferences' Text Messages Real?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 24, 2020

In January 2020, members of the public reported receiving suspect SMS messages from scammers pre ...

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Did Iceland Declare 'All Religions Are Mental Disorders'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 23, 2020

A routine review of content labeled satire.

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Did Prince Charles Ignore Mike Pence at a Holocaust Commemoration?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 23, 2020

They really have got to stop meeting like this.

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Did Harvard Pay Elizabeth Warren $400,000 to Teach One Class?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 22, 2020

An old tweet, accusing the Massachusetts senator of hypocrisy, re-emerged during the 2020 Democr ...

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Did Confederate Flags Fly at a Gun-Rights Rally in Virginia?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 21, 2020

One right-wing observer called U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a liar for claiming that prote ...

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Did a Christian School Expel a Student For Wearing Rainbow-Patterned Sweater?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 20, 2020

Whitefield Academy in Kentucky cited a 15-year-old student's alleged previous code violations an ...

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Did a Missouri Bill Propose Imprisoning Librarians?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 17, 2020

House Bill 2044, which was aimed at events such as "Drag Queen Story Time" in public libraries, ...

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Did FBI Say It Illegally Wiretapped Donald Trump and Apologize For It?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 15, 2020

A right-wing network grossly distorted the contents of a statement written by agency director Ch ...

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Did the FDA Approve a Cocaine Nasal Spray?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 14, 2020

The federal regulator did give its approval for a new local anesthetic with the brand name Numbr ...

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No, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar Didn't Give 'Treasonous' Military Advice to Iran

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 13, 2020

An article by the anti-Muslim activist Robert Spencer prompted threats and incitements of violen ...

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Did Soleimani Command Forces That Killed U.S. Capt. Brian S. Freeman?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 9, 2020

Widely shared Facebook posts provided a poignant reflection in the U.S. in the wake of the assas ...

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Were 10,000 Camels Scheduled to Be Killed in Australia Amid Water Shortages?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 8, 2020

Multiple websites and social media memes lamented a population-control strategy announced by aut ...

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Did US Rep. Tlaib Announce Pledge of Allegiance Was Banned in Michigan?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 8, 2020

A routine review of content labeled satire.

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Did Eleanor Roosevelt Say This About the Word 'Liberal'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 7, 2020

"A strange thing happened to that word," read a quotation attributed to the former first lady wh ...

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Were Ex-Obama Officials 'Caught Advising Iran How to Defeat US Foreign Policy'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 7, 2020

An old report, based on anonymous briefings, got a new lease on life amid escalating tensions be ...

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Despite Deceptive Video, Biden Spoke About Violence Against Women, Not White Nationalism

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 3, 2020

A 19-second clip was shared widely in the first week of 2020. Its promoters said it unmasked Joe ...

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Did a Michigan County Threaten to Demolish Amish Homes Unless They Were Upgraded?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 3, 2020

Relatively obscure websites plagiarized the ACLU's accurate summary of an ongoing court battle i ...

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Is This an Authentic John Wesley 'Manifesto'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 2, 2020

Facebook users widely shared a list of principles that some claimed was a "manifesto" written by ...

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Did the FDA Announce a Baby Ibuprofen Recall in December 2019?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 31, 2019

A West Virginia television news station reported a product recall in the final days of 2019.

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