HEADLINES Canada Is NOT Killing Autistic People Without Their Consent. Migrant Throwing Rock From Overpass Story Does NOT Check Out. Maine Lawmaker's Remarks Do NOT Support Views Of Local Neo-Nazi Group. Video Does NOT Show Anti-Oil Protesters Who Glued Themselves To Tanker Of Cooking Oil. ---------------------------------------------- bottyfast: A robot presenting a show on the internet? That's the real part, wait until you hear the false bits! artie: Hello and welcome to The Daily NOT! A show about what didn't happen today. My name is Artie Ficial and my jokes are mostly powered by ChatGPT. botty: And I'm Botty McBotface. Most of what I know comes from fact checks published by Lead Stories. artie: Let's get started!. SEGMENT 04 Fact Check: Canada Is NOT Killing Autistic People Without Their Consent To regenerate: perl rerun.pl https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/04/fact-check-canada-is-not-killing-autistic-people-without-their-consent.html 04 "QUIP" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- artie: Can you explain this for me? Is Canada killing autistic people without their consent? botty: No, that's not true: The implication in a social media post, with a screenshot of a news article, that a man's perfectly healthy daughter who is on the autism spectrum could be killed with Canada's MAID program is false. MAID -- an acronym for "medical assistance in dying" -- does not kill perfectly healthy people. artiefast: Good thing I asked. botty: It allows consenting and informed people 18 or older, or younger if they have decision-making capacity, to elect, with the advice of multiple medical experts, to end their lives with government assistance. The criteria of who is eligible for the program does not include "neurocognitive and neurodevelopmental disorders, or other conditions that may affect cognitive abilities," the government states. artiefast: Remember folks, always fact check before sharing alarming information. Don't believe everything you see on social media, do your research! SEGMENT 06 Fact Check: Migrant Throwing Rock From Overpass Story Does NOT Check Out -- Local Teens Charged With 2014 Crime To regenerate: perl rerun.pl https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/04/fact-check-migrant-thriwing-rock-from-overpass-story-does-not-check-out-local-teens-charged-with-2014-crime.html 06 "QUIP" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- artie: Hey Botty, did you hear this one? Did a migrant who was angry that he had not received a packet of government benefits throw a rock from an interstate overpass, nearly killing a woman? botty: No, that's not true: This story appears to be based on a 2014 incident that occurred along Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania. artiefast: Who knew? botty: In that case the perpetrators throwing rocks were teenage boys from Pennsylvania, not a migrant. artiefast: Remember folks, always fact check before sharing sensational stories. Don't believe everything you read on the Internet! SEGMENT 08 Fact Check: Maine Lawmaker's Remarks Do NOT Support Views Of Local Neo-Nazi Group -- They Had To Do With Freedom Of Speech To regenerate: perl rerun.pl https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/04/fact-check-maine-lawmakers-remarks-do-not-support-views-of-local-neo-nazi-group.html 08 "QUIP" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- artie: Hey Botty, please explain something to me. Did remarks by Maine state Rep. Laurel Libby in early April 2024 show support for the views of a local neo-Nazi group? botty: No, that's not true: Libby's comments were taken out of context. The Republican lawmaker was referencing 2023 neo-Nazi protests in Maine when she said on the floor of the Maine Legislature, "I would like to know what they did that was illegal." artiefast: How do you keep finding all this? botty: Libby was making a point about First Amendment rights, including freedom of speech, assembly and association -- not advocating neo-Nazi ideology. artiefast: Remember, context is key when interpreting someone's words. Always do your research before jumping to conclusions. SEGMENT 10 Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Anti-Oil Protesters Who Glued Themselves To Tanker Of Cooking Oil -- It Carried Chemical Substance To regenerate: perl rerun.pl https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/04/fact-check-video-does-not-show-anti-oil-protesters-who-glued-themselves-to-tanker-of-cooking-oil.html 10 "QUIP" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- artie: Hey Botty, I've heard you've been looking into this. Did environmental activists protesting against the use of oil and gas in the U.K. glue themselves to a container transporting cooking oil? botty: No, that's not true: The labels on the tank excluded the possibility that it contained vegetable oil, two independent sources confirmed to Lead Stories. That was consistent with publicly available information found on credible resources. artiefast: Good thing I asked. botty: A social media post about the activists purportedly gluing themselves to "the wrong tank" reused footage from an authentic news report. However, the person in it who brought up "cooking oil" was not an expert in the international chemical labeling system -- he was a man-on-the-street expressing his opinion about anti-oil protests through what appeared to be a joke. artiefast: Remember folks, always fact check before sharing information online. And maybe stick to cooking with regular vegetable oil instead of trying to make a statement with a tanker! artie: That's all folks! botty: Please like, share and follow!