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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.

A Latina is shown crossing a finish line and running in an ultramarathon.

Mexican indigenous runner Candelaria Rivas Ramos won a 63km ultramarathon in 7 hours, 34 minutes?

Written by: Jack Izzo

Aug. 10, 2025

Rivas is a member of the Rarámuri, an indigenous group known for traditional long-distance running.

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Unraveling claim Pete Buttigieg's DOT spent $80B on 'DEI' initiatives while delaying air traffic control upgrades

Written by: Jack Izzo

Aug. 9, 2025

A New York Post article spreading the rumor did not provide a clear definition of what it consid ...

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This Democratic US House district in Texas is real, but it was drawn by Republicans

Written by: Jack Izzo

Aug. 8, 2025

Texas is one of 26 states in which the state legislature draws federal house districts.

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Breaking down claim 92-year-old Scottish woman refused to sell her property to Trump

Written by: Jack Izzo

Aug. 6, 2025

Social media posts claim Molly Forbes — a "little frail 92-year-old Scottish widow" — fought wit ...

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What to know about supposed 'anti-woke' tests for teachers moving to Oklahoma from 'blue states'

Written by: Jack Izzo

Aug. 5, 2025

State schools superintendent Ryan Walters said the initiative was being planned in coordination ...

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Two frogs are shown in a body of water.

Female frogs play dead to avoid mating? Some do, study found

Written by: Jack Izzo

Aug. 4, 2025

Biologists call the response "tonic immobility," and know it's a response to a high-stress envir ...

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Posts claim 92-year-old Scottish woman refused to sell her property to Donald Trump. Here's the truth

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 31, 2025

Molly Forbes, who died in 2021, and her son Michael fought a long and well-documented battle wit ...

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A Black woman wearing a white sweatshirt looks at the camera.

Don't trust claim Simone Biles was suspended from Team USA over comments to Riley Gaines

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 23, 2025

Biles called Gaines, who has an extensive history of attacking transgender (and cisgender) women ...

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A white man wearing a blue suit stands in the center of an image. Three people are sitting around him.

Barron Trump announced marriage to Sasha Obama?

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 22, 2025

Such an announcement would easily have made national headlines.

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Kix cereal once offered 'Atomic Bomb Ring' with radioactive material as a promotion?

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 22, 2025

Kix's rings contained radioactive polonium-210, but not enough to cause harm.

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What to know about supposed Ring doorbell security breach in May 2025

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 21, 2025

Ring said on social media that strange login patterns were caused by a programming error, not ha ...

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Vance didn't tell Jasmine Crockett to 'go back to the zoo'

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 17, 2025

The claim spread in AI-generated videos, which featured disclaimers that the content wasn't real.

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Trump's NWS cuts were blamed for Texas flood deaths. Here are the facts

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 17, 2025

By all accounts, forecasters provided adequate warning — the problem was communicating the dange ...

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Posts claim photo shows Trump, Epstein and Bondi. They're almost right

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 16, 2025

The original image, taken in 1997, shows the two men with Belgian model Ingrid Seynhaeve.

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Did Bills' Josh Allen pay student loan debt for entire University of Wyoming graduating class of 2018?

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 14, 2025

The claim was only reported on social media and from untrustworthy news sites.

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Large ice blocks are seen on top of water that is frozen over.

Online reports claimed ocean current near Antarctica 'reversed direction.' Research didn't show that

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 14, 2025

Researchers measuring the salinity of the Southern Ocean did find unexpected results, but some o ...

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Rescue workers wearing yellow jackets, red hats and red helmets navigate the flooded Guadalupe River in Texas in a black boat

Did Trump's National Weather Service staffing cuts hurt Texas flood response? What we know

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 9, 2025

The most dangerous weather emergencies are the ones that happen overnight.

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The just-passed 'Big Beautiful Bill' will increase national debt by trillions of dollars, according to CBO

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 3, 2025

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is required by law to provide economic analyses on m ...

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Is this a real photo of alleged Idaho shooter's parents in MAGA hats?

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 1, 2025

Snopes was able to identify the individuals in the photo, but the social media account that post ...

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Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' doesn't directly allow president to delay or cancel elections

Written by: Jack Izzo

July 1, 2025

The bill would make it harder for judges to enforce rulings, among other controversial provisions.

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