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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.

Can Animal Rescuers Be Prosecuted for Theft for Saving Animals from Harvey?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 30, 2017

A rumor exaggerates the (vanishingly small) likelihood that those who rescue animals in danger d ...

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Virgin Mary statue

Did a Catholic School in California Remove Religious Statues from Its Campus?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 29, 2017

Conservative web sites accurately stated that the San Domenico school has removed some statues; ...

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J.K. Rowling

Did J.K. Rowling Buy a Twitter User's Home as Revenge for His Criticism?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 28, 2017

A fake article on a comedy web site managed to fool a number of readers into thinking the author ...

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Car halfway submerged in floodwaters

Imminent Changes Introduced to Texas Insurance Law in the Midst of Harvey?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 28, 2017

Viral posts on social media largely accurately describe a change to Texas state law about hurric ...

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Was a North Carolina Elections Official Indicted for 'Rigging' the 2016 Election?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 25, 2017

Richard Robert Rawling has been charged over his alleged actions in the March 2016 primaries, bu ...

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Close-up of gun grips.

Did Oregon's Governor Sign a 'Gun Confiscation' Law?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 24, 2017

A right-wing web site accurately describes some parts of a gun control law, but also uses exagge ...

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Did NFL Player Isaiah Crowell Post an Image of a Police Officer Being Killed?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 24, 2017

The Cleveland Browns running back posted the artist's rendering to Instagram in July 2016; then ...

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Oklahoma University Forced to Remove a Cross from Their Chapel?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 23, 2017

East Central University in Oklahoma may ultimately have to remove Christian symbols from their n ...

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Did the CEO of Camping World Tell Trump Supporters Not to Shop at His Stores?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 23, 2017

Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis didn't target President Trump's supporters, but directed his co ...

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Has the Secret Service Gone 'Broke' Paying Agents to Protect the Trump Family?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 22, 2017

News reports exaggerate and misrepresent the extent and nature of financial problems at the Secr ...

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Did a Former BBC Investigative Journalist Die in 'Suspicious Circumstances'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 21, 2017

Liz MacKean fought to reveal historical child sexual abuse, but there is no evidence that she di ...

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Did a Law Professor Assert That a Solar Eclipse Was 'Racist'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill David Mikkelson

Aug. 21, 2017

Two conservative web sites grossly misrepresented the content of a lyric essay in The Atlantic m ...

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Did Protesters Burn a Minnesota County's Flag and Raise an Anti-Fascist One at a Local Jail?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 18, 2017

Right-wing web sites accurately describe the basic facts of a real incident which lasted for aro ...

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Maxine Waters speaking at a podium, 2016

Maxine Waters Fears a Trump-led War After Nuclear Attack by North Korea?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 18, 2017

Right-wing Facebook pages created a meme containing a fabricated quote attributed to the Democra ...

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Cruise ship

Is There a Class Action Lawsuit for People Who Got Robocalls From Cruise Companies?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 16, 2017

News articles accurately describe the settlement and compensation terms of a real lawsuit involv ...

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Person, Human, Clothing

Did Abraham Lincoln Express Opposition to Racial Equality?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 16, 2017

An authentic quote from Lincoln has attracted renewed attention, along with some commentary that ...

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Close-up of Swiss hotel sign

Did a Hotel Owner in Switzerland Ask Jewish Guests to Shower Before Using the Pool?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 15, 2017

News articles accurately describe real signs posted around a hotel in Arosa, Switzerland that we ...

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Crowd at Charlottesville rally

Was a Crowd Hire Company Involved in Protests Against a White Supremacist Rally?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 15, 2017

Internet speculation about a Craigslist advertisement does not appear to be based on any concret ...

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Did the National Debt Fall by $102 Billion After Donald Trump's Inauguration?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 14, 2017

A conservative web site accurately described a remarkable decline in the debt during the first h ...

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Malia Obama

Did Barack Obama Order Harvard to Reverse His Daughter Malia's Suspension?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 14, 2017

A satirical web site publishes the latest in a series of entirely false stories about Malia Obama.

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