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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.

Person, Human, Crowd

Did Zelenskyy 'Troll' Putin Over a Supposedly Fake Video?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

March 8, 2022

Social media users pored over videos that appeared to show the Ukrainian president touching a mi ...

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Flag, Symbol, Person

No, the UN Did Not Say, 'The State of Ukraine Does Not Exist'

Written by: Dan MacGuill

March 4, 2022

Conspiracy theorists and Russian apologists stretched credulity with one viral post in early 2022.

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Paul Gosar

No, Paul Gosar Did Not Tweet 'I've Been Called Stupid My Whole Life'

Written by: Dan MacGuill

March 4, 2022

Social media users seized upon what appeared to be a screenshot of an unfortunately-worded tweet ...

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Person, Human, Machine

Are Lukoil Gas Stations 'Russian Owned'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

March 3, 2022 (Updated: March 4, 2022)

Americans outraged by Russia's invasion of Ukraine called for a boycott of Lukoil gas stations i ...

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Mobile Phone, Cell Phone, Electronics

UKRAINE: New Crisis, Grimly Familiar Disinformation Trends

Written by: Dan MacGuill

March 2, 2022

Rehashed videos, offensive memes, fear-mongering conspiracy theories — Snopes writers know the p ...

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girl confronts soldier

Viral Video Shows Palestinian Girl, Not Ukrainian, Confronting Soldier

Written by: Dan MacGuill

March 1, 2022

A 2012 video of young Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi was repurposed during Russia's invasion o ...

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Face, Person, Human

UKRAINE: Viral Hoax Falsely Claims 'American Journalists' Killed on 1st Day of Russian Invasion

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 24, 2022

Widely shared social media posts were not sincere tributes but rather part of a distasteful trop ...

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Person, Human, Wood

No, Queen Elizabeth Did Not Die on Feb. 22, 2022

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 23, 2022 (Updated: Feb. 25, 2022)

A Hollywood gossip site is hardly the most reliable source of news about the British Royal Family.

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Audience, Crowd, Person

What Did John Durham's Latest Court Filing Say About Trump, Russia, and Clinton?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 22, 2022

Former President Trump suggested Clinton and others should face execution for their supposed cri ...

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Cat, Pet, Mammal

Presidents Day QUIZ: Match These Pets to Their POTUS

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 18, 2022

Can you guess which two-legged occupant of the White House owned each one of these critters?

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Outdoors, Nature, Archaeology

SURVEY: Who's Your Favorite American President?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 18, 2022

Have your say, this Presidents Day.

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Person, Human, Classroom

Did a Louisiana Woman Feed School Kids Cupcakes Tainted with Bodily Fluids?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 17, 2022

A disturbing child sexual abuse case hit the headlines once again in February 2022.

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Tie, Accessories, Accessory

The Definitive Snopes Compendium of Useless Presidential Trivia

Written by: Dan MacGuill David Mikkelson

Feb. 16, 2022

We compiled some Presidents Day factoids from the Snopes archives.

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Tie, Accessories, Accessory

Yes, a Pilot Really Did Survive Being Sucked Out of an Airplane in 1990

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 14, 2022

For once, social media posts actually understated the miraculous and dramatic story of British A ...

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keanu reeves break free of the matrix

No, Keanu Reeves Did Not Write 'Humans Will Break Free of the Matrix'

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 9, 2022

A notorious purveyor of junk news and conspiracy theories strikes again.

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President Joe Biden

Did Biden Admin 'Fund Crack Pipes' To 'Advance Racial Equity'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 8, 2022 (Updated: Feb. 9, 2022)

News reports in February 2022 grossly misrepresented the facts about a federal harm reduction pr ...

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Person, Human, Face

Did Mark Cuban Really Launch a New Online Pharmacy?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 7, 2022

The billionaire businessman and Dallas Mavericks owner caused a stir in early 2022 with reports ...

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Clothing, Apparel, Hat

No, Pfizer Does Not Own Neil Young's Music Catalog

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 4, 2022

Conspiracy theorists reached new lows in attempting to discredit Young's vocal opposition to vac ...

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Wheel, Machine, Person

Walter Arnold, January 1896: Britain's First Speeding Ticket?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Feb. 3, 2022

At the time, horseless carriages in the U.K. could not exceed 4 mph, and had to be accompanied b ...

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Weapon, Weaponry, Bomb

How Two Years' of COVID Politics Played Out on Snopes and OnTheIssues

Written by: Jesse Gordon Dan MacGuill

Feb. 2, 2022

A look back at some of the most important, egregious, and iconic episodes of COVID politics from ...

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