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.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 16, 2018
A viral Facebook post comparing U.S. immigration policy to that of North Korea and Afghanistan g ...
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Jan. 12, 2018 (Updated: Jan. 19, 2018)
Yes, people really are putting laundry detergent in their mouths and posting videos online.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 12, 2018
Dozens of Sam's Club stores are closing, but a partisan Facebook page vastly exaggerates the num ...
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Jan. 11, 2018
As seen on TV: "The fearless, super-plush American grizzly"
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Jan. 11, 2018
A prolific purveyor of "satire" publishes yet another false article that plays on fear and hatred.
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Jan. 9, 2018
The meteorological phenomenon is rare but not unprecedented.
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Jan. 8, 2018
The story is no more than a satirical but inflammatory fabrication.
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Jan. 8, 2018
Joanna and Chip Gaines, stars of the home improvement reality TV show, made the announcement on ...
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Jan. 5, 2018
The billboards are real, but the so-called Republican group has an interesting donor behind it.
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Jan. 5, 2018
The move has caused uncertainty in the legal cannabis industry just days after California opened ...
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Dec. 28, 2017
Websites misrepresented details of an agreement between the National Football League and protest ...
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Dec. 28, 2017
A parody Facebook page comes up with yet another fake quote attributed to the former lawmaker.
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Dec. 27, 2017
A viral meme about a Harvard University graduate student gets most (but not all) of the facts right.
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Dec. 25, 2017
Despite misleading claims by a left-wing web site, federal agencies are already allowed to use " ...
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Dec. 13, 2017
A Facebook meme accurately presents the basic facts of two very different but equally controvers ...
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Dec. 12, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 14, 2017)
Upsetting footage captured on Canada's Baffin Island is authentic, but the role of climate chang ...
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Dec. 11, 2017
The pronouncements of a right-wing, African-American columnist are "too good to be true," for so ...
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Dec. 11, 2017
A "satirical" web site publishes yet another cynical and provocative story.
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Dec. 7, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 18, 2017)
The incident, which included police orders and threats of arrest, was captured on video.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 7, 2017
Following a backlash, David Shulkin said there would be no reallocation of funding away from the ...
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