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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 Ripon College Ban a 9/11 Memorial Because 'It May Offend Muslims'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 31, 2018

A conservative youth organization's claims about Ripon College's response to a controversial pos ...

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Did Jimmy Carter Announce That His Cancer Is Spreading?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 29, 2018

Viral social media posts rehashed a three-year-old announcement about the former president, who ...

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Has Saudi Arabia Executed Activist Esra al-Ghamgam?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 29, 2018

A prosecutor has requested the death penalty for Shia activist Israa al-Ghomgham, but she has no ...

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Did a Woman Cancel Her Wedding Because Guests Refused to Pay $1,500 Each to Attend?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 28, 2018

Purported screenshots of a Facebook rant by an unhappy ex-bride prompted a global wave of curios ...

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Did John McCain Launch a Foul-Mouthed Attack on President Trump with His Last Words?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 27, 2018

A notorious producer of junk news capitalized on the death of the Arizona senator with a crude a ...

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Did President Trump Incorrectly Color the American Flag?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 27, 2018

Photographs suggest the 45th president colored one of the flag's stripes blue, though the eviden ...

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Have Researchers Warned About the Resurgence of a 'Flesh-Eating STD'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 27, 2018

News reports in the U.S. featured headlines that sensationalized and misled readers about a sing ...

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Did 'Liberals' Set Up a GoFundMe Campaign for Murder Suspect Cristhian Rivera?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 24, 2018

A hyperpartisan Facebook page spread a fake and inflammatory meme after the death of Iowa colleg ...

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Did the Man Who Oversaw the Bin Laden Raid Say It Would Be 'An Honor' If President Trump Revoked His Security Clearance?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 23, 2018

William McRaven wrote "I would consider it an honor if you would revoke my security clearance as ...

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Did President Trump Pay for Omarosa Manigault Newman's Wedding?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 23, 2018

Scattered social media posts cited no sources for claims about the president's former adviser th ...

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Did Fox News Discuss the 'War on Christmas' While Other Networks Covered Michael Cohen's Guilty Pleas?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 22, 2018

Liberals and Fox News have ruined Festivus for everyone!

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Did a 'New Deadly Spider' Species Kill Several People in the U.S. in the Summer of 2018?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 22, 2018

A viral, scare-mongering Facebook post fabricated a series of fatal spider bites and used photog ...

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Did South Carolina Execute 14-Year-Old George Stinney, Then Declare Him Innocent 70 Years Later?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 21, 2018 (Updated: April 5, 2023)

A viral Facebook post offered an accurate account of the conviction and execution of George Stin ...

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Did a Florida Judge Give Vastly Different Sentences to Two Men, Whose Only Difference Was Their Race?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 20, 2018

A viral meme, based on a piece of investigative journalism, left out some important context in t ...

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Did Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Register Her Yacht in the Cayman Islands?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 17, 2018

Several viral memes made unfounded assumptions based on the complicated inner workings of the De ...

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Were an American Couple Killed by ISIS While Trying to 'Prove Humans Are Kind'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 16, 2018

A widely-shared article potentially confused some readers about the motives of a couple murdered ...

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Did Ohio's 12th Congressional District Have 170 Fraudulent 'Voters' Over 116 Years Old?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 16, 2018

Right-wing web sites published misleading allegations of voter fraud in Ohio, based on very obvi ...

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The Death of John Crawford III

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 14, 2018

President Donald Trump's renewed criticism of NFL protests prompted the re-emergence on social m ...

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Did Uninsured Medal of Honor Recipient 'Duane Devane' Die After Being Refused Treatment?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 13, 2018

A notorious producer of junk news posted a fake meme about veterans with a reference to a video ...

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Were Additional Donald Trump 'Stars' Placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 10, 2018

A group of right-wing street artists called "The Faction" posted a video claiming responsibility ...

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