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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April 22, 2025
Ladi Svoboda told Snopes that the photo was "real but artistically interpreted," while noting th ...
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April 17, 2025
The alleged plan, which Snopes was unable to independently confirm, was first reported by The Ne ...
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April 16, 2025 (Updated: May 21, 2025)
Merwil Gutierrez's cousin Luis reportedly heard ICE agents say Merwil was "not the one" but to " ...
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April 15, 2025
Colossal Biosciences hopes to use genetic engineering to "jumpstart nature's ancestral heartbeat."
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April 14, 2025
Several AI-generated videos falsely claimed Wolfe was found guilty of killing former co-star Fra ...
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April 8, 2025
"Ron Vara" happens to be an anagram of "Navarro."
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April 4, 2025
Self later posted on X calling a video's framing of his remarks "completely misleading."
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April 3, 2025
Despite a White House spokesman claiming otherwise, the published formula matched what social me ...
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April 3, 2025
It's an old rumor in a new package.
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April 2, 2025
It's not clear if the image supposedly showing Trump standing on "toe pads" at an event is real ...
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April 1, 2025
Nur Omar Mohamed died of COVID-19 in 2020.
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April 1, 2025
The billionaire quickly changed the terms of his giveaway to fall just within Wisconsin state law.
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March 31, 2025
Several viral videos claimed that five children died not long after eating ramen noodles.
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March 28, 2025
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security accused Ozturk, a Turkish national, of "activities in s ...
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March 25, 2025
President Donald Trump's tariff threats have created uncertainty over the state of the American ...
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March 21, 2025
Never before has the White House itself chosen what news organizations will travel with the pres ...
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March 20, 2025
Social media posts on X shared the claim without any evidence to back it up.
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March 18, 2025
A viral YouTube video claimed Underwood sued The View over comments co-host Joy Behar made in Ja ...
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March 17, 2025
As with many holiday symbols, the plant's significance is steeped in legend.
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March 15, 2025
Snopes traced the origin of the claim: a conservative-led advocacy group called White Coat Waste.
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