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
Sept. 20, 2017
The controversy was grounded in a real incident, for which the worker's employer apologized.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 18, 2017
A satirical web site publishes yet another entirely false story.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 15, 2017 (Updated: Oct. 23, 2017)
A series of Facebook rumors about food stamp benefits for post-Irma Florida residents have a gra ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 15, 2017 (Updated: March 13, 2018)
A viral Facebook post misquotes the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate.
Written by: Dan MacGuill Alex Kasprak
Sept. 15, 2017
A conspiracy theory involving radioactive milk and diabetes fails on both historical and scienti ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 14, 2017
A notorious "satirical" news web site has produced yet another entirely fabricated story.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 14, 2017
The two groups have taken separate court cases in the state, but there has been no collaboration ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 14, 2017
A prank-generating website churned out a hoax about the demise of the iconic candy.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 13, 2017
There is no evidence to support a viral Facebook warning about certain cities, but the public sh ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill Brooke Binkowski
Sept. 13, 2017 (Updated: Sept. 18, 2017)
A viral video from Houston, Texas makes claims about the Red Cross' treatment of food and other ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 11, 2017
"'My First Vape' has been specially made to be suitable for children 9 months or over so they do ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 11, 2017
A notorious purveyor of fake news churns out another fabrication.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 11, 2017
Remarkable images appear to show examples of a real meteorological phenomenon called "negative s ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 8, 2017
An online conspiracy theory about government-created hurricanes gets even the most basic facts w ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 7, 2017
Despite denials, Governor Kenneth Mapp's executive order does authorize the National Guard to se ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 7, 2017
An article apparently intended as topical satire was mistaken for real news by some readers.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 6, 2017
Facebook warnings accurately describe a 90 percent budget cut for publicizing the shortened 2018 ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 5, 2017
A false rumor that could discourage hurricane victims from seeking aid spread on social media.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 5, 2017
A story that spread throughout the world is based on a single person's unverified claim.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 31, 2017
A viral meme falsely states that four hurricanes hit the United States on 29 August in various y ...
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