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.
Written by: Jack Izzo
Dec. 11, 2023
A satirical article claims she transitions "from a girl to a boy" in an upcoming sequel to the 2 ...
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Dec. 10, 2023 (Updated: Nov. 26, 2024)
This is a very festive rabbit hole.
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Dec. 8, 2023
The X (formerly Twitter) CEO made headlines for telling off advertisers, but this photo claims h ...
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Dec. 7, 2023
Now I have gone viral on the internet. Ho ho ho.
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Dec. 6, 2023
Caviezel is most famous for his role as Jesus in Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ."
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Dec. 5, 2023
Season 5 was always going to be the final season, but this claim implied differently.
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Dec. 4, 2023
"This is going to be very interesting," one commenter wrote.
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Dec. 1, 2023
The claim combined two of the biggest news stories of the month into one.
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Nov. 30, 2023
There's so much wrong about this satire article that it's not even funny.
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Nov. 29, 2023
In case you were wondering how easy it is to make up a "fact" on the internet.
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Nov. 28, 2023
This claim has circulated in corners of the internet since August 2023.
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Nov. 27, 2023
The rumor of the comedian's supposed death spread from unreliable "news" sites to social media.
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Nov. 26, 2023
The bathtub story might be the most famous thing about Taft's presidency, but is it true?
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Nov. 24, 2023
Removing a very large castle in one night is a bit too magical, even for Disney.
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Nov. 23, 2023
The history of one of the world's most important rocks is long and complicated.
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Nov. 22, 2023
No, Musk is not implementing a "no wokeness allowed" policy for advertisers.
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Nov. 21, 2023
Presidents are allowed to have fun, too.
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Nov. 21, 2023
The article's outlandish headline might have garnered clicks, but it also should have set off so ...
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Nov. 18, 2023
While the frogs do feign death, they don't do it on purpose.
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Nov. 17, 2023
Snopes has previously fact-checked articles about Thomas and Gaines.
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