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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July 29, 2019
A long-standing theory of ancient Irish history describes the genocide of the Twa pygmies, purpo ...
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July 26, 2019
We know this much: The compensation settlement is the real deal.
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July 25, 2019
Right-leaning websites grossly distorted the nuanced reflections of the Michigan Congresswoman o ...
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July 23, 2019 (Updated: July 25, 2019)
Several websites grossly misrepresented and over-simplified Facebook's actions during the Irelan ...
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July 22, 2019
A widely shared meme distorted a proposed gender-neutral naming policy in the city of Berkeley, ...
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July 19, 2019
Shocking footage may show the potential dangers of inhalant abuse but clearer evidence is needed.
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July 19, 2019
Such a takeover would be a sensational development in the U.S. media landscape, for sure.
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July 17, 2019 (Updated: July 22, 2019)
A routine review of content labeled satire.
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July 16, 2019
CNN's Jake Tapper added an interesting perspective to the debate over President Donald Trump's v ...
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July 15, 2019
A frequent producer of inflammatory misinformation published yet more junk news in July 2019.
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July 15, 2019
A frequent producer of junk news managed to trick some readers into believing that the popular a ...
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July 12, 2019
Readers inquired about the authenticity of an image that appeared to show the former U.S. labor ...
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July 11, 2019
A widely-shared meme in July 2019 vastly overstated the freedom of movement available to migrant ...
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July 9, 2019 (Updated: July 12, 2019)
A purveyor of junk news capitalized on the July 2019 death of the former presidential candidate.
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July 9, 2019
A bizarre story in July 2019 was made even more bizarre with the addition of a fake viral outbreak.
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July 8, 2019
Right-leaning commentators exploded into outrage after an incident in which the Stars and Stripe ...
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July 5, 2019
Concerned social media users homed in on a controversial tattoo worn by an Elizabeth, New Jersey ...
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July 3, 2019
Readers questioned whether the outrageous framing of the poll questions was intended as satire. ...
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July 2, 2019
Based on an article written by the 2020 presidential Democratic primary candidate's father, righ ...
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June 28, 2019
In the aftermath of the first round of Democratic primary debates, social media users shared a l ...
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