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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.

Was George Soros Arrested in Switzerland in February 2019?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 5, 2019

Conspiracy theorists continued their obsession with the 88-year-old philanthropist, this time ac ...

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Did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Say it Was 'Wrong' for Billionaires to Exist?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 4, 2019

A conservative group fashioned a meme out of comments the Democratic Congresswoman made in Janua ...

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Did Diahann Carroll Praise President Trump, Plead with Democrats to Stop Criticizing Him?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 4, 2019

Right-leaning web sites and Facebook pages shared an old meme that attributed a quotation to the ...

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Did Kamala Harris Once Boast About Prosecuting a Homeless Mother?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 1, 2019

A nine-year-old speech resurfaced online in January 2019, after the California Democrat announce ...

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Did a Democrat-Controlled U.S. House Committee Plan to Remove 'So Help You God' from Oaths?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 30, 2019 (Updated: Jan. 31, 2019)

Fox News posted a draft of new rules for the Committee on Natural Resources in January 2019.

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Did California Attempt to Force Parents to Accept a Curriculum That Teaches Children 'There Are 15 Genders'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 28, 2019

Conservative websites exploded into outrage at what they described as mandatory "indoctrination ...

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Did Rep. Ilhan Omar Call for Lighter Sentences for Would-Be ISIS Recruits?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 28, 2019 (Updated: Jan. 30, 2019)

The Minnesota Democrat sent a letter to a U.S. District Court judge in 2016. What exactly did sh ...

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Did U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren Say Abortion Is 'No Different' Than Removing Tonsils?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 25, 2019

Right-leaning Facebook pages and websites twisted something the Massachusetts Democrat wrote in ...

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Was an Elderly Nevada Couple Shot Dead by an Undocumented Immigrant?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 24, 2019 (Updated: Oct. 26, 2021)

In October 2021, Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman pleaded guilty to shooting dead Gerald and Sharo ...

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Did Lettuce Kill More People in the U.S. in 2018 Than Undocumented Immigrants Did?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 23, 2019

Undocumented immigrants do commit crime at a lower rate than native-born U.S. citizens, but not ...

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Did a Planned Congressional Delegation to Afghanistan Include 93 Family Members?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 21, 2019 (Updated: Jan. 22, 2019)

Conspiracy theorists provided no evidence for claims that Congressional Democrats and their rela ...

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Did Most States That Legalized Marijuana Use Ban Marijuana Users from Owning Guns?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 18, 2019

A meme misrepresented the reasons why it is illegal for cannabis users to also be gun owners.

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Did President Donald Trump Run TV Ads Asking Border Wall Supporters to Call an 800 Number?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 18, 2019

"We need to deliver the voices of millions of Americans that we support President Trump, and it ...

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Did Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Criticize 'Pantyhose-Wearing' Politicians for Gun Restrictions?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 17, 2019

A widespread meme attributes some colorful criticisms of pro-gun-control lawmakers to the legend ...

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Did Second Lady Karen Pence Work at a School That Bans LGBT Teachers and Students?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 17, 2019

The wife of Vice President Mike Pence resumed her work as an art teacher at the Immanuel Christi ...

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U.S.-Mexico border wall.

Did Congress 'Set Aside' $50 Billion in 2006 for the Construction of Border Fencing?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 16, 2019

When some leading Democrats voted for the Secure Fence Act, were they agreeing to 10 times more ...

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Did the Company That Makes Marlboros Announce They Intend to Stop Producing Cigarettes?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 11, 2019

Philip Morris International sells the iconic brand outside the United States, and has for years ...

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Did the U.S. Supreme Court Rule That Oaths Not Taken on the Bible Are 'Illegal'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 11, 2019

A frequent purveyor of junk news caused some uncertainty about the nation's highest court in Jan ...

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Did Visitors to Joshua Tree National Park Cut Down Trees During the Government Shutdown?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 11, 2019

The iconic wilderness area fell victim to staff shortages caused by the budget standoff in Washi ...

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Were All Speed Limit Cameras on Two Major English Roads Set to 72 MPH in January 2019?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 10, 2019

A viral social media message warned users in the U.K. about driving on the M1 and M25.

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