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 8, 2024 (Updated: May 24, 2024)
The U.S. Military requires all potential enlistees to take an exam called the Armed Services Voc ...
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April 8, 2024
Fans of the original "E.T." left excited comments on the post.
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April 8, 2024
Baphomet statuette included!
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April 6, 2024
A modern take on a pointilist masterpiece.
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April 6, 2024
A total solar eclipse is caused by the moon and the sun being in exactly the right place at exac ...
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April 2, 2024
Journalists asked LSU's coach, Kim Mulkey, about it at the post-game press conference.
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April 1, 2024
Complete with Baphomet figurine!
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March 31, 2024
Some Christian groups have preached that the eclipse is a bad omen.
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March 27, 2024
The provision can be found on the 1,000th page of a 1,012-page bill.
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March 26, 2024
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a ship collided with one of the bridge ...
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March 20, 2024
Simpler times. (OK, there was a financial crisis. Still, simpler times.)
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March 20, 2024
The company will be closing a pork plant in Iowa, but the rest of the claim is shaky.
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March 18, 2024
The hoax consistently appeared in the Snopes mailbox after Willis announced his retirement from ...
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March 18, 2024
A little extra protein, perhaps?
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March 16, 2024
This story sits at the strange crossroads of religion and botany.
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March 14, 2024
The claim came in response to the news that Rodgers was on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s potential lis ...
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March 12, 2024
John Barnett, 62, was in the middle of a deposition providing testimony against Boeing when his ...
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March 11, 2024 (Updated: Dec. 5, 2025)
Mark Ruffalo, Billie Eilish and Ramy Youssef were among the Academy Awards attendees sporting su ...
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March 11, 2024
We must inform you that the correct terminology is daylight saving, not daylight savings.
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March 8, 2024
Greene paired a bright red blazer with a MAGA hat and a shirt that read "Say Her Name: Laken Riley."
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