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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Oct. 15, 2026
The order would allow federal agencies to bypass environmental protection laws in an effort to i ...
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Oct. 12, 2026
Some people compared the structure to U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for a triumphal arch of ...
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Oct. 11, 2026
Readers frequently ask Snopes to investigate rumors about lab-grown meat, among other products.
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Oct. 7, 2026
According to the center, it needs to return 16 pianos whose leases are about to expire.
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Oct. 5, 2026
This claim has spread near-continuously since the late '90s despite no evidence to support it.
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Oct. 2, 2026
One Houston imam has asked Muslim business owners to not sell haram products. Like all Americans ...
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Oct. 1, 2026
"Heat is what people often call the silent killer," a researcher told NPR.
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Sept. 29, 2026
If the royal split was real, fake YouTube videos wouldn't be the only source of the "news."
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Sept. 26, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping is a good reason to exam ...
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Sept. 24, 2026
The organization was an Alcoholics Anonymous group in Washington, D.C. Former members said Carr ...
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Sept. 24, 2026
The gas station with Trump signs and high prices allegedly opened in Branson, Missouri, recently.
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Sept. 23, 2026
A video spreading online is only the latest misleading claim we've examined about how the govern ...
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Sept. 21, 2026
While the Biden administration tightened White House press credential requirements, the policy f ...
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Sept. 18, 2026
People claimed numerous states introduced new laws targeting shorter drivers and passengers.
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Sept. 17, 2026
The claim perpetuates the falsehood that political violence generally comes from the left. Data ...
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Sept. 16, 2026
Polls suggest Talarico, a Texas Democrat, could win his election.
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Sept. 11, 2026
The rumor seemed to be inspired by the president's claim that he was directly involved in aid ef ...
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Sept. 8, 2026
The claim circulated amid U.S. President Donald Trump's rechristenings of major geographical lan ...
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Sept. 8, 2026
Talarico has polled well in a state that hasn't had a Democrat in the U.S. Senate since 1993.
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Sept. 8, 2026
Pope Leo XIV and WNBA star Caitlin Clark are among the targets of AI-generated rumors about crit ...
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