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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 a Catholic Priest Refuse to Give Joe Biden Communion?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 30, 2019

The Rev. Robert Morey sparked controversy in October 2019 when he said he had denied the euchari ...

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Did Taylor Swift Say She 'Supports Abortion'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 29, 2019

A pro-life website distorted the pop singer's words, but did not misrepresent the core meaning o ...

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Did Obama 'Order the CIA to Train Islamic State'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 28, 2019

Supporters of Donald Trump attacked his predecessor's counterterrorism record after the death of ...

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Did a Woman Contract HIV During a Manicure?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 24, 2019

An old case study reemerged on social media in October 2019.

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Did Donald Trump Say 'We're Building a Wall in Colorado'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 24, 2019

The president raised eyebrows by suggesting his administration was constructing a border fence i ...

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Did President Trump Flip Off an Astronaut Who Corrected Him?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 23, 2019

What message does Donald Trump send when he touches his face with his middle finger?

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Did Trans Activists 'Force' Procter & Gamble to Remove Female Symbol from Some Period Products?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 21, 2019

Tabloid newspapers and right-leaning websites distorted a decision to make Always packaging tran ...

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Did Trump Say Italy and U.S. Have Been Allies for Thousands of Years?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 21, 2019

The phrase “dating back thousands of years” caused many commentators to misunderstand President ...

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Did Elizabeth Warren Say of Mollie Tibbetts' Slaying, 'We Need to Focus on Real Problems'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 18, 2019

Critics of the Democratic presidential candidate, and supporters of President Trump's immigratio ...

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Did Donald Trump Call Italy's President 'Mozzarella'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 17, 2019

Critics of the president seized on two supposed gaffes in October 2019. But what did Trump actua ...

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Did an Undocumented Immigrant Kill a Man Who Criticized Trump's Immigration Policies?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 16, 2019

Multiple websites saw an irony surrounding the death of Sean Buchanan in Colorado in August 2019.

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Did Chick-fil-A Help Fund an Anti-LGBT Death Penalty Law in Uganda?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 15, 2019 (Updated: Oct. 17, 2019)

Viral tweets and Facebook posts drew a direct link between buying chicken sandwiches and killing ...

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Did Sons of Top Democrats Do Business in Ukraine As Part of Clinton-Linked Conspiracy?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 11, 2019

Conspiracy theorists outdid themselves in October 2019 in response to the Ukraine scandal that t ...

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Did Justin Trudeau Stop Teaching at a Vancouver Private School Under the Cloud of a Sex Scandal?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 9, 2019

Days before Canada's 2019 federal election, rumors emerged about the future prime minister's 200 ...

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Did Barnes and Noble Market a Parody of Trump's Presidency as a Children's Book?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 8, 2019

Some social media users reacted with outrage to the publication of "If You Give a Pig the White ...

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The inside of a prison.

Did a Man Receive a Life Sentence for Stealing a $159 Jacket?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 7, 2019

The 10-year sentence received by Amber Guyger in 2019 prompted online debate about mandatory min ...

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Did a Convicted Sex Offender Read to Children at a Houston Public Library?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 7, 2019

Various websites accurately reported the basic facts surrounding the conviction of Albert Alfons ...

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Did Donald Trump Sign a $1.8 Billion Autism-Services Bill?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 4, 2019

News reports spelled out key facts about the "Autism CARES" Act of 2019.

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Did Democrats Vote to Give Immigrants Better Health-Record System Than Vets?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 3, 2019

Right-leaning websites and Republican politicians misrepresented the facts around a September 20 ...

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Did Portland, Oregon, 'Ban Urinals in Public Buildings'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 2, 2019

A right-leaning website grossly exaggerated a design choice made to accommodate gender-neutral b ...

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