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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.

Did Sex Traffickers in Florida Trick Motorists By Lying in the Road?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 31, 2019

Yet another sex trafficking scare was promoted on social media in late 2019.

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Is This an Authentic Photograph of President Trump?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 27, 2019

A photograph of Trump, posted online by a Republican congressman, prompted much speculation abou ...

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Did Trump Really Say This About Wind and Windmills?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 26, 2019

The president raised eyebrows in December 2019 with a somewhat baffling attack on the use of win ...

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Did Michael Bloomberg's Presidential Campaign Use Prison Labor?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 26, 2019

The former New York mayor landed in hot water over a vendor's reported use of prison workers to ...

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Does a Photo Show a Menorah Displayed in Defiance of Nazism?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 24, 2019

During the festival of Hanukkah in December 2019, social media users shared a powerful image fro ...

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Did Comedian Michelle Wolf Joke That Her Abortion Made Her Feel 'Powerful' and Godlike?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 24, 2019

Right-leaning websites accurately quoted something Wolf said during a stand-up comedy performance.

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Does Billionaire George Soros Fund Christianity Today Publication?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 23, 2019

In response to Christianity Today's blistering criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump, some re ...

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Did an Iowa Man Get 16 Years in Prison for Burning an LGBT Rainbow Flag?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 20, 2019

In December 2019, several news reports failed to properly explain to readers the impact of "habi ...

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Did Trump Propose SSI Changes That Could End Disability Benefits for Thousands?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 18, 2019

Activists and Congressional Democrats encouraged the public to voice their opposition to the pro ...

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No, Comedian Carol Burnett is Not Dead

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 16, 2019

A routine review of content labeled satire.

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Did UK Politician Diane Abbott Wear Mismatched Shoes in Elex Day Photos?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 13, 2019

The prominent Labour Party MP appeared to have an unusual wardrobe malfunction in December 2019.

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Did Insect Repellent Companies Hire a Ugandan Man Whose Flatulence Kills Mosquitoes?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 12, 2019

Multiple news websites from around the world were taken in by a crude hoax in December 2019.

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Does This Photo Show a Boy Forced to Sleep on the Floor of an English Hospital?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 12, 2019

Two waves of social media posts cast doubt in the minds of some over the authenticity of a story ...

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Are Roses on Cars Part of a Kentucky Sex Trafficking Plot?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 11, 2019

A bogus Facebook post in late 2019 was just the latest sex trafficking scare to emerge from Kent ...

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Was Rapper YNW Melly Stabbed to Death in Prison?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 10, 2019

Rumors of the rapper's demise spread in December 2019 after posts on "prank" news websites.

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Did Trump Express Concerns Over Toilet Regulations?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 9, 2019

"People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times," the president was reported to have said.

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Did Jimmy Stewart Suffer PTSD from World War II Bombing Missions?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 6, 2019

A viral Facebook post appears to have been inspired by a 2016 book about the Hollywood icon's wa ...

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Did NYT Report Clinton and Soros 'Paid Woman to Accuse Trump of Sexual Assault'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 6, 2019

A right-leaning website grossly misrepresented what a two-year-old New York Times article actual ...

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Human, Person, Audience

No, Jeffrey David Cox Wasn't Involved in Any Clinton-Linked Conspiracy to Kill Jeffrey Epstein

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 4, 2019

Conspiracy theorists scraped another barrel in their attempt to tie Bill and Hillary Clinton to ...

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Label, Text, Paper

Did a Starbucks Employee Add the Word 'Pig' to a Police Officer's Order?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 4, 2019

A Starbucks in Glenpool, Oklahoma, become the center of controversy in late 2019.

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