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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Feb. 28, 2024
Bushnell died in February 2024 after setting himself on fire to protest Israel's military action ...
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Feb. 26, 2024
If a landmark as famous as Cinderella Castle burned down, you likely would have heard about it f ...
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Feb. 23, 2024 (Updated: Feb. 26, 2024)
A strip about the censorship of information itself being censored was sure to go viral.
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Feb. 22, 2024
Posts across social media platforms claimed Reeves said "she's not a good person" and "refused" ...
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Feb. 21, 2024
Disclosing things about your health helps medical professionals provide better treatment, as it ...
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Feb. 20, 2024
The rumor included claims about free plane tickets, free cell phones and, strangely, an executiv ...
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Feb. 20, 2024
The image actually looks quite similar to the first "true" photo of a black hole from 2019.
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Feb. 19, 2024
According to the claim, it cost the celebrity couple $3.5 million to rent the Magic Kingdom for ...
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Feb. 18, 2024 (Updated: May 8, 2025)
Holding with long-standing tradition, the pope released a message commemorating the beginning of ...
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Feb. 14, 2024
According to news reports, the console fell short of its expected sales for the financial year.
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Feb. 12, 2024
The pair celebrated on the field after the Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LVIII.
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Feb. 9, 2024
The interview was the first time Putin spoke to a Western journalist since the invasion of Ukrai ...
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Feb. 8, 2024
During his playing days, Shaq had beef with Kobe Bryant, not LeBron.
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Feb. 8, 2024
Netflix's new docudrama series "Alexander: The Making of a God" has gotten many people talking.
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Feb. 8, 2024
It's unclear how long the U.S. Supreme Court will take to issue a decision on the matter.
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Feb. 6, 2024
The 2021 shooting at Oxford High School killed four students and injured numerous others.
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Feb. 5, 2024
As it turns out, it sometimes takes more than a large following to win a Grammy.
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Feb. 5, 2024
While the elected officials and their supposed secondary allegiances change, these lists are nev ...
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Feb. 3, 2024
Even the best of us occasionally forget how Roman numerals work.
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Feb. 1, 2024
Whether someone or something can be truly "unbiased" is a long-standing argument in journalism.
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