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
Aug. 11, 2017
A dubious right-wing web site makes a false claim about the family of California lawmaker Kevin ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 11, 2017
An article regurgitated a slightly misleading characterization of a Texas bill to reduce health ...
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Aug. 10, 2017
News articles exaggerated the health risks associated with normal consumption of cocktails such ...
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Aug. 4, 2017
A satirical web site republished in English a fake story that had appeared in both Spanish and P ...
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Aug. 3, 2017
News articles accurately recount a real case published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences.
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Aug. 3, 2017
Xylitol, a sugar substitute, is harmful to dogs, but Pepto-Bismol does not contain it.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 26, 2017
A July 2017 Facebook post is the latest to digitally add political slogans to a photograph of th ...
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July 25, 2017
A series of articles about the singer are high on sensationalism, but low on verifiable details.
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July 25, 2017
River Falls-based Three Square Market is giving its workers the option of voluntarily having a m ...
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July 21, 2017
Scientists at Finnish universities are targeting a strand of viruses linked to Type 1 diabetes, ...
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July 19, 2017 (Updated: July 31, 2017)
The commentator claims that the public radio network nixed an interview with him because he was ...
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July 19, 2017
A widely-shared article gets some crucial facts wrong about a September 2016 FDA ruling on the u ...
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July 19, 2017
A 2016 opinion piece was plagiarized in July 2017, complete with a click-bait headline.
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July 18, 2017
A fabricated story lead to widespread unfounded criticism of the hip-hop producer.
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July 18, 2017
A satirical web site published yet another fake story linking the Clintons to a fabricated death.
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July 17, 2017
A widely-shared quotation comes from a 2014 theater adaptation, not the original 1949 novel.
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July 17, 2017
No sitting U.S. president has ever been impeached, convicted, and removed from office. Could Don ...
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July 13, 2017
Republican George Faught was put on the spot by fellow state representatives while defending his ...
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July 12, 2017
An in-depth analysis of the false allegations and misleading claims made against the 45th Presid ...
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July 12, 2017
A dubious web site falsely reported the death of the Christian Contemporary music artist Don Moen.
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