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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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Did Tucker Carlson Produce an Unusual Trailer for 'The End of Men'?

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Dan MacGuill
April 18, 2022 Some observers saw an undercurrent of homoeroticism in a video that contained plenty of shots of ...
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Did Stephen Hawking's Life Have an Eerie Symmetry With Galileo and Einstein?

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Dan MacGuill
April 13, 2022 March 14 and Jan. 8 are significant dates in the history of physics and astronomy.
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SURVEY: What Would You Do With a $1,000 Tax Refund in 2022?

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Dan MacGuill
April 13, 2022 (Updated: April 14, 2022) Buy new clothes? Pay down your debt? Have your say.
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Watch Out For These IRS and Tax Scams in 2022

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Dan MacGuill
April 13, 2022 Tax scammers have always targeted our hopes and fears — and the COVID-19 pandemic has given them ...
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Did Trump Call Pence 'a Dog that Belongs on the Street'?

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Dan MacGuill
April 12, 2022 The former president has criticized his one-time ally for not attempting to overthrow Joe Biden' ...
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Did Einstein Say the Universe and Stupidity Are Infinite?

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Dan MacGuill
April 7, 2022 Quotations attributed to Einstein — rightly and wrongly — are in seemingly infinite supply.
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Would a Proposed Tennessee Law 'Legalize Child Marriage'?

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Dan MacGuill
April 5, 2022 (Updated: April 11, 2022) House Bill 0233 was a GOP attempt to give legal recognition to exclusively heterosexual, "common ...
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Did the Famous 'Friends' Wedding Gaffe Result from a Real Mistake?

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Dan MacGuill
April 1, 2022 "I Ross, take thee, Rachel," was one of the most dramatic plot twists in 1990s television. How d ...
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Did Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Criticize Will Smith for Slapping Chris Rock?

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Dan MacGuill
March 31, 2022 In a viral message, the basketball great was quoted as saying Smith had "perpetuated stereotypes ...
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Did Donald Trump Really Hit a Hole-in-One?

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Dan MacGuill
March 31, 2022 "It bounced twice and then went clank, into the hole," the former president claimed in March 2022.
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QUIZ: Supreme Court Landmarks

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Dan MacGuill
March 30, 2022 Test your knowledge of major SCOTUS decisions of the past.
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Did Senate Hearings for Supreme Court Start With First Jewish Nominee?

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Dan MacGuill
March 30, 2022 MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell provided some interesting historical background to Ketanji Brown Jack ...
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Supreme Court: Who Is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson?

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Dan MacGuill
March 30, 2022 (Updated: April 7, 2022) A look back at the path that took Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. The Senate confirmed her a ...
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Media Literacy: How to Spot T-Shirts Bearing Fabricated Messages

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Dan MacGuill
March 30, 2022 Sometimes, misinformation wears its heart on its sleeve.
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Does Video Show Zelenskyy Singing John Lennon's 'Imagine'?

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Dan MacGuill
March 28, 2022 The Ukrainian president became something of a cult figure during Russia's invasion of his countr ...
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Did Russia 'Only Sanction Democrats' and Not Republicans?

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Dan MacGuill
March 18, 2022 (Updated: April 14, 2022) In the spring of 2022, Russia barred hundreds of Canadians and Americans from entering the country.
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No, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Did Not Wear a Nazi Symbol

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Dan MacGuill
March 17, 2022 Conspiracy theorists and Russian apologists reached new lows in attacking the Ukrainian presiden ...
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Did Congress 'Give Itself a 21% Raise' in 2022?

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Dan MacGuill
March 16, 2022 Right-leaning commentators reacted with outrage during a sharp rise in consumer prices. Were the ...
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How Trump is Carving His Name Into the 2022 GOP Primaries

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Dan MacGuill
March 16, 2022 From the sidelines, the former president is pulling strings and serving up revenge.
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How Accurate Was That 'Open Keystone XL' Meme?

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Dan MacGuill
March 14, 2022 As some called for the re-opening of the Keystone XL pipeline in March 2022, one viral Facebook ...
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