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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Sept. 5, 2024
A video supposedly showing men holding guns at the complex spread widely on social media.
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Aug. 28, 2024
A popular Facebook post claimed Walz, a former teacher, wore "blackface years ago to amuse his s ...
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Aug. 24, 2024
The alleged quote, dated to June 18, 2020, has been shared as an image on social media sites lik ...
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Aug. 20, 2024
The purported trailer featured a star-studded cast of comedians playing the residents of Springf ...
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Aug. 19, 2024
The turning behavior is called heliotropism, and scientists have known about it for quite a while.
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Aug. 16, 2024
Initial reports said hackers stole over 2.9 billion data entries.
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Aug. 14, 2024
Trump used a Gulfstream jet to fly to a few campaign events in the Rockies in August 2024.
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Aug. 13, 2024
The $4 million figure reportedly came from each of the 4 medals Team USA's star gymnast won at t ...
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Aug. 9, 2024 (Updated: Aug. 14, 2024)
The unfounded claim was shared by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, among others. It needs signifi ...
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Aug. 9, 2024
The claim about the two actors appeared numerous times throughout 2024.
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Aug. 8, 2024
The claim was shared by the Republican National Committee's official research account on X.
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Aug. 7, 2024
We found the original graphic on an episode of "Dr. Phil," but without some of the necessary con ...
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Aug. 6, 2024
The claim resurfaced after Kamala Harris announced Walz as her 2024 running mate.
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Aug. 6, 2024
Team USA's horses were flown to the 2024 Games in late July to compete in the equestrian events.
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Aug. 2, 2024
"Sharon, if you're watching this, I want my dog back," the Olympian supposedly said.
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July 30, 2024
Various Christian groups condemned the performance online, declaring it "shocking" and "a mocker ...
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July 30, 2024
Social media users wondered whether parties could run on a single-state ticket, while awaiting K ...
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July 26, 2024
#CancelNetflix trended as a result.
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July 26, 2024
A screenshot showing the supposed configuration file went viral across the platform formerly kno ...
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July 24, 2024
Awaiting Kamala Harris' running-mate announcement, social media users speculated about the rules.
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