Alex Kasprak

Los Angeles

Science and Investigative Journalist at Freelance

Science and investigative journalist. Formerly Snopes, BuzzFeed, NASA signal: alexkasprak.22

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German firefighters once thought sprinkler helmets were a good idea

Feb 28, 2025 | snopes.com | Alex Kasprak

The German sprinkler helmet has been fodder for bemused media reports for over a century.
Musk didn't threaten to withdraw support to boxing organization over Imane Khelif

Feb 24, 2025 | snopes.com | Alex Kasprak

"Disinformation Claims Elon Musk Demanded The Annulment Of Imane Khalif's Medal And Bonus | Mythdetector.Com." 10 Feb. 2025, https://mythdetector.com/en/disinformation-claims-elon-musk-demanded/. "Home." WBO, https://www.wboboxing.com/. Accessed 24 Feb. 2025. "Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif Fights Back as Boxing Association Files Suit in Gender Row." NBC News, 12 Feb. 2025, https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/olympic-boxer-imane-khelif-fights-back-boxing-association-files-suit-g-rcna191917.
Yes, the word 'freelance' did originally refer to a mercenary warrior

Feb 24, 2025 | snopes.com | Alex Kasprak

Social media users claimed that the word "freelance" comes from a term for a mercenary warrior. "A literal free lance," one X user mused.
Zelenskyy did not block Truth Social in Ukraine

Feb 21, 2025 | snopes.com | Alex Kasprak

U.S. President Donald Trump's social media platform has never been available in Ukraine.
Fact Check: Zelenskyy did not block Truth Social in Ukraine

Feb 21, 2025 | yahoo.com | Alex Kasprak

Claim:Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blocked access to Truth Social, the social platform owned by U.S. President Donald Trump, in Ukraine. Rating:Rating: FalseAmid a flurry of statements by U.S. President Donald Trump supporting a Russia-aligned view of the ongoing war in Ukraine in February 2025, pro-Trump pundit Benny Johnson claimed, among others, that Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy had blocked access to Truth Social, Trump's social media platform, in Ukraine.
No, Winston Churchill didn't say this quote about Muslims and minority rights

Feb 17, 2025 | snopes.com | Alex Kasprak

For years, people have wrongly attributed this quote to the former British prime minister.
Yes, GOP congressman introduced a bill that would allow Trump to serve a third term

Feb 6, 2025 | snopes.com | Alex Kasprak

"It is imperative that we provide President Trump with every resource necessary," the bill's sponsor wrote.
Fact Check: Yes, GOP congressman introduced a bill that would allow Trump to serve a third term

Feb 6, 2025 | yahoo.com | Alex Kasprak

Claim:In January 2025, a GOP Congressmen introduced a bill that would allow U.S President Donald Trump — but not former presidents Obama, Biden, or Bush — to run for a third presidential term. Rating:Rating: TrueContext:The bill would alter the Constitution to stipulate that a person can serve three terms as president so long as the person did not serve two consecutive terms prior to running for a third term.
Trump, at least for now, has not terminated Direct File, the free IRS tax filing system

Feb 5, 2025 | snopes.com | Alex Kasprak

"That group has been deleted," Elon Musk said of a federal office that produced and designed Direct File.
Yes, State Department eliminated references to trans people on its websites

Feb 4, 2025 | snopes.com | Alex Kasprak

The change came amid a larger purge of content on government websites relating to trans people.

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Articles

German firefighters once thought sprinkler helmets were a good idea

Musk didn't threaten to withdraw support to boxing organization over Imane Khelif

Yes, the word 'freelance' did originally refer to a mercenary warrior

Zelenskyy did not block Truth Social in Ukraine

Fact Check: Zelenskyy did not block Truth Social in Ukraine

No, Winston Churchill didn't say this quote about Muslims and minority rights

Yes, GOP congressman introduced a bill that would allow Trump to serve a third term

Fact Check: Yes, GOP congressman introduced a bill that would allow Trump to serve a third term

Trump, at least for now, has not terminated Direct File, the free IRS tax filing system

Yes, State Department eliminated references to trans people on its websites

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