Alex Kasprak
Alex Kasprak is an investigative journalist and science writer whose work has been featured in The Atlantic, Motherboard, New Scientist, and other venues. Prior to joining Snopes, he was a staff science writer at BuzzFeed and a science communicator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He has master's degrees in geological sciences from Brown University and in science writing from Johns Hopkins University. Kasprak has been with Snopes since 2016 and has served as senior writer since 2019.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 14, 2023 (Updated: Nov. 28, 2023)
Could the Disqualification Clause of the 14th Amendment be used against the newly elected U.S. s ...
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Nov. 9, 2023
The alleged episode sees an Israeli businessman claim ownership of a large portion of Paddy's Pub.
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Nov. 7, 2023
This imaginative but inaccurate paraphrase stems from real comments Johnson made in 2004 in oppo ...
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Nov. 6, 2023
The alleged quote can be tied to a hearing held by the House Judiciary Committee in May 2021.
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Oct. 26, 2023
False claims about the person of interest in the Oct. 25, 2023, massacre spread rapidly on socia ...
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Oct. 19, 2023
Viral posts mischaracterized a legislative proposal to decriminalize pornography in the country.
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Oct. 17, 2023
The rapper's political messaging has been inconsistent, to say the least.
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Oct. 13, 2023
The use of white phosphorus, a component of smoke screens, is widely considered a war crime when ...
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Oct. 10, 2023
Refugees were photographed with a banner that read, "The Germans destroyed our families and home ...
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Oct. 9, 2023
The video went viral in October 2023 following Hamas' surprise attack against Israel in which hu ...
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Oct. 6, 2023 (Updated: Nov. 30, 2023)
The spending spree allegedly occurred during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to ...
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Oct. 6, 2023
"ABC has decided," an online article claims, "that it can no longer ignore the growing number of ...
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Oct. 4, 2023
A reposted anti-vaccine article raised anew the spectre of Vaccine Acquired Immunodeficiency Syn ...
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Oct. 3, 2023 (Updated: Oct. 13, 2023)
"That’s not how this works," Trump lawyer Alina Habba argued on Newsmax.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 2, 2023
Butler has been active in Democratic party politics for many years.
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Oct. 1, 2023
"And boy oh boy can you sure work up a thirst," a woman in the alleged ad is captioned as saying.
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Sept. 29, 2023
"How did Dianne Feinstein vote 'yea' yesterday on the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in A ...
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Sept. 29, 2023
"U.S. federal employees will be waiting on paychecks while U.S. taxpayer money will be paying th ...
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Sept. 28, 2023
"They said nothing about the clotting issue from what I recall," mused Naomi Wolf to Steve Bannon.
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Sept. 27, 2023
A video showing the full venue circulated as if it depicted a 2024 presidential campaign event.
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