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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.

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Does Switching Your Twitter Location to Germany Block Nazi Content?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 6, 2017

Changing your Twitter account's country to Germany does cause some far-right profiles to be with ...

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Did Walmart Sell Shirts That Allude to Hanging Journalists?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 5, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 6, 2017)

The retailer removed the shirt after receiving a complaint from the Radio Television Digital New ...

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Did the World's Most-Pierced Person Die Going Through Airport Metal Detectors?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 4, 2017

An "entertainment" web site publishes an unpleasant and fabricated article about the gruesome de ...

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Did a CIA Agent Confess to Killing Bob Marley?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Dec. 3, 2017

A disreputable web site capitalized on an old conspiracy theory about the death of the reggae ic ...

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Would the Republican Tax Plan Make Employee Discounts Taxable?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 29, 2017

As of November 2017, the tax reform bill would make changes to some employee benefits, but not e ...

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Do These Photographs Depict the Libyan Slave Trade?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 28, 2017

An emotive Facebook post about the slave trade in Libya used photographs that were either unrela ...

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Is There a 'New Outbreak' of HPV That 'Kills Faster than AIDS'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 27, 2017

A fabricated health scare that originated in Africa got a new lease on life in November 2017.

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Are These Leonardo Da Vinci's Surprising Last Words?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 22, 2017

A dramatic account of the great genius's dying moments has been disputed by historians for centu ...

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Would the Republican Tax Plan Count Graduate Tuition Waivers as Taxable Income?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 20, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 5, 2017)

The House of Representatives version would, the Senate version would not.

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Do 'Illegal' Refugees Receive $3,874 Per Month from the Government?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 15, 2017

"This is what 1 illegal refugee gets with the federal assistance program: $3874 per month."

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Did Saudi Arabia Behead Its First Robot Citizen?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 13, 2017

A satirical web site fooled some readers with a fabrication based on a recent international news ...

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Did Ivanka Trump 'Scold' Poor Parents for Not 'Investing' in Food?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 8, 2017

Web sites misrepresented an analysis of child care costs presented by President Donald Trump's d ...

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Was a Grand Juror in a Clinton Probe Found Dead?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 7, 2017

A "satirical" web site published an unpleasant and entirely fabricated story about a fictional m ...

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Was the Texas Church Shooter a Muslim Convert Named 'Samir Al-Hajeed'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 6, 2017

False reports revive a long-running hoax about the comedian Sam Hyde.

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Was Tiger Woods Ordered to Take 137 Paternity Tests?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 3, 2017

A "satirical" web site published a fabricated story that plays on an old, debunked allegation ag ...

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Katy Perry Reveals Penchant for Cannibalism?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 3, 2017

A disreputable web site added to its archive of distasteful and entirely fabricated stories with ...

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DNC Staffer Faces Scrutiny Over 'Cisgender Straight White Males' Email

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 2, 2017

A manager in the DNC's technology department appears to have asked colleagues not to invite stra ...

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Did Papa John's Withdraw Their NFL Advertising Over Anthem Protests?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 2, 2017

The pizza chain will be removing the NFL logo and the label of "official sponsor" from their tel ...

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Did Mexico Sign a Major Trade Deal With Argentina to Retaliate Against Trump's Border Wall Plans?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 1, 2017 (Updated: Nov. 2, 2017)

Mexico is in trade talks with Argentina, but no deal has been finalized; the cost to American fa ...

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College Student Arrested for Vandalizing Roommate's Property With 'Bodily Fluids'

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 1, 2017

Police say University of Hartford freshman Briana Rae Brochu admitted posting about her unpleasa ...

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