Jack Izzo
Jack Izzo is a San Diego-born, Chicago-based journalist who joined Snopes in October 2023. Prior to Snopes, Jack graduated with a B.S. in journalism from Northwestern University, where he researched the psychology of misinformation under Prof. David Rapp. Jack writes about anything and everything — he covered scientific breakthroughs at Popular Science, Northwestern sports for InsideNU, and has a short documentary premiering at the AmDocs film festival in 2024. A two-time "Jeopardy!" alumnus, Jack enjoys climbing rocks, throwing frisbees, solving Rubik’s Cubes, and DJing at his former college radio station, WNUR.
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June 24, 2026
The president claimed a "gash" in the pool and illegally deposited chemicals contributed to the ...
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June 20, 2026
We found nearly identical posts crediting Mick Jagger with the same quote attributed to McConaughey.
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June 17, 2026
Some clips shared on social media actually showed a 2024 helicopter crash in Malaysia or a 2023 ...
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June 17, 2026
The Somali American representative became a naturalized citizen in 2000.
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June 15, 2026
The president organized the event on the White House's South Lawn as part of a dual birthday cel ...
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June 12, 2026
The reality TV personality finished third in the city's 2026 mayoral primary.
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June 12, 2026
The video circulated online shortly after federal officials announced they would double the Nati ...
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June 12, 2026
The conservative activist group Judicial Watch released heavily redacted FBI documents supposedl ...
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June 10, 2026
The rumor originated on a Facebook page that labels its content as satirical.
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June 8, 2026
Melania Trump has denied the rumor since it first appeared in 2016, even obtaining damages in th ...
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June 8, 2026
The claim is part of a trend of social media posts, often produced using AI tools, sharing fake ...
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June 4, 2026
A judge's decision sparked much discussion online about the potential ramifications across the c ...
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June 4, 2026
Readers asked us to investigate. We'd like to apologize for being killjoys.
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June 1, 2026
Trump agreed to finish the rink's construction using the city's budget. He made no profit.
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May 29, 2026
The insinuation seems to be that not eating meat is un-American.
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May 29, 2026
She joins Stephen Colbert, Ilia Malinin and Pope Leo XIV on the list of people targeted by versi ...
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May 28, 2026
At a news conference with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Larry Fink said he thinks the U.S. needs to bu ...
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May 27, 2026
It's unclear exactly how involved her father Harry Loy Anderson was in Epstein's finances.
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May 23, 2026
This is the fourth impromptu early-morning livestream we've debunked this year.
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May 20, 2026
Posts falsely claimed Sasha Obama said her father's presidency had "nearly destroyed the country."
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