Jake Horton

Jake Horton is a journalist and member of BBC Verify, a team dedicated to fact-checking and in-depth investigations using evidence-based reporting. He is newsworthy due to his involvement in verifying and explaining several recent high-profile events. These include analyzing the destruction of a US radar jet in Saudi Arabia, reconstructing the seconds before an Air Canada plane crash at LaGuardia, reporting on a security official appearing to fire on mourners in Iran, interviewing an ICE protestor about a manipulated image shared by the White House, and breaking down eyewitness video of a deadly shooting involving an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Horton's work provides crucial context and verified information to the public on these significant and often complex news stories.