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 5, 2024
According to some social media posts, black, blue, green and white caps indicate the type of wat ...
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June 4, 2024 (Updated: June 14, 2024)
Some social media users have attempted to compare Donald Trump's payments to Stormy Daniels to B ...
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June 4, 2024
Famous adages are often attributed to famous people — often incorrectly.
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May 30, 2024
Here's what to know about what might happen to former U.S. President Donald Trump.
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May 30, 2024
One of the producers of "The Apprentice" published an exposé in Slate containing several allegat ...
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May 28, 2024
The character's line in the Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway ride sounded an awful lot like a ...
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May 27, 2024
Many people have used John Calhoun's "rodent utopia" experiments as scientific evidence for "soc ...
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May 27, 2024
Users debated mightily whether the microscopic bugs were real and if the video was faked.
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May 22, 2024
Yup, satire sites still publish stories about the national anthem protests in the middle of the ...
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May 21, 2024
John Calhoun's "rodent utopia" experiments have been frequently used as evidence for "societal d ...
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May 21, 2024
Caviezel's most famous role was Jesus in the Mel Gibson-directed film "The Passion of the Christ."
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May 21, 2024
Don't worry, your 6 p.m. decaf espressos are safe.
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May 19, 2024
Never mind the fact that Reeves is going on 60…
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May 16, 2024
This claim has been around since at least the 16th century. That doesn't necessarily mean it's true.
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May 13, 2024
The bill received support and criticism from both parties as it headed to the U.S. Senate.
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May 10, 2024
The claim attempts to compare Bill Clinton's 1990s scandal to Trump's hush-money trial.
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May 8, 2024
This claim is connected to every classic conspiracy theory you can think of.
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May 7, 2024
The tweet would be a really bad look given some of the allegations rapper Kendrick Lamar leveled ...
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May 7, 2024
After a second whistleblower unexpectedly died, the internet was ablaze with speculation.
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May 3, 2024
According to some social media posts, it's in various chips, protein bars and bread, among others.
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