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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 J.K. Rowling 'Confirm Her Stance Against Transgender Women'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

June 27, 2019 (Updated: June 16, 2020)

A thought-provoking, widely shared blog post made a series of allegations against the "Harry Pot ...

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Are 'PlayJoltz' or 'SmushGame' Legitimate Free Streaming Services?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

June 25, 2019

Several spammy posts in June 2019 promoted a streaming service ... but readers shouldn't hand ov ...

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Did an Ala. Court Force Rape Survivor to Allow Rapist to Visit Their Children?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

June 25, 2019

Multiple news articles in June 2019 prompted reader inquiries about the plight of Jessica Stalli ...

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Did Ecuador Give the U.S. Military Permission to Use Galápagos Island Airfield?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

June 19, 2019

Remarks made by Ecuador's defense minister prompted concern about the UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

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Did Police Shut Down a Nightclub for Fostering Cannibalism?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

June 18, 2019

An unreliable website shared a scare story with a xenophobic twist in June 2019.

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Gravestones under a tree.

Did '@SixthFormPoet' Really Meet His Wife at the Graveside of a Triple-Murderer?

Written by: Dan MacGuill Bethania Palma

June 17, 2019

A viral June 2019 Twitter story had plenty of twists and turns, as well as a happy ending. But w ...

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Is Canada About to Crack Down on Cannabis Use, Public Drinking?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

June 14, 2019

A blog with a penchant for misinformation about life in Canada published another misleading post ...

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Was JFK's Speech in Netflix's 'The Crown' Authentic?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

June 12, 2019

"What is it to be an American?" the fictional president asked during a visit to the U.K. in the ...

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Did Pro-Choice Protesters Carry a Sign That Likened Fetuses to 'Parasites'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

June 12, 2019

A Princeton political philosopher was one of many observers who shared a controversial photograp ...

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Did Gun Violence Kill More People in U.S. in 9 Weeks than U.S. Combatants Died in D-Day?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

June 10, 2019

The Washington Post prompted inquiries from readers with their stark statistical comparison.

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Does the U.S. Have the 'Cleanest Air in the World'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

June 7, 2019

President Donald Trump raised eyebrows with a bold claim during a visit to Ireland in June 2019.

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Did the Queen Call President Trump an 'Amazing Person' with a 'Good Heart'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

June 7, 2019

Buckingham Palace has confirmed Elizabeth II did not give a June 2019 interview which was subseq ...

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Are These '16 Easy Tests' to Check Whether Food Is 'Fake or Real'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

June 6, 2019 (Updated: June 10, 2019)

A viral video took off on Facebook in June 2019, but its claims about food safety were far from ...

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Abraham Lincoln

Did Abraham Lincoln Say 'America Will Never Be Destroyed From the Outside'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

June 3, 2019

Widely shared memes contained a quotation that is commonly attributed to the Great Emancipator.

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John McCain

Did the White House Ask the Navy to Keep the USS John S. McCain 'Out of Sight' for Trump's Visit?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

May 30, 2019

A flurry of news reports brought controversy in the aftermath of President Donald Trump's Memori ...

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40 Years in Prison for Selling Cannabis, 17 Years for Joining the Taliban?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

May 29, 2019

A meme compared the sentences given to John Walker Lindh, a white American known as the "America ...

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Did the U.S. Government Warn About Bananas Contaminated with Zika?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

May 28, 2019

A junk news website produced yet another scaremongering story intended to provoke well-intention ...

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Police tape.

Did Houston Police Arrest a Man Who Killed, Ate 30-Plus People?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

May 28, 2019

A notorious producer of junk news and hoax articles churned out yet another hoax, this time abou ...

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Did State Governors 'Vote to Impeach' U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

May 24, 2019

A notorious producer of junk news churned out yet another hoax.

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Did U.S. Rep. Omar Say She 'Hates Living in America,' Was 'Better Off' in Refugee Camp?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

May 23, 2019

Principled criticism of aspects of one's life in a country is not the same as expressing hatred ...

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