HEADLINES 'Black Knight Satellite' Is NOT 13,000-Year-Old Craft. Travis Kelce Did NOT Vow To 'Quit Chiefs Immediately' If Team Doesn't Fire Harrison Butker. Image Of UK Labour Leader Keir Starmer Socializing With Jimmy Savile Is DIGITALLY ALTERED . House Democrats Did NOT Vote To Allow Noncitizens To Vote In US Elections Nationwide. ---------------------------------------------- bottyfast: Some of the stuff you read on the internet... is not actually real. Check out today's non-events! 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: 'Black Knight Satellite' Is NOT 13,000-Year-Old Craft -- It Was Thermal Cover Lost In Space To regenerate: perl rerun.pl https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/05/fact-check-black-knight-satellite-is-not-13000-year-old-craft-it-was-thermal-cover-lost-in-space.html 04 "QUIP" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- artie: I guess I could Google this, but I might as well ask you. Does photographic evidence and reports from several independent sources, including NASA, show that an ancient satellite has been orbiting Earth since at least the 1950s? botty: No, that's not true: The supposed photographic evidence from NASA, sometimes used to support this myth, does not show an ancient satellite but a thermal blanket accidentally dropped during a space walk on the 1998 STS-88 mission. That piece of space debris was tracked until it eventually burned up when it re-entered Earth's atmosphere. artiefast: Good you looked into it. botty: The United Kingdom's Armagh Observatory and Planetarium has explained that the Black Knight Satellite is a myth based on a combination of several unrelated stories. artiefast: Remember folks, not everything you see in space is a UFO - sometimes it's just a lost blanket! SEGMENT 06 Fact Check: Travis Kelce Did NOT Vow To 'Quit Chiefs Immediately' If Team Doesn't Fire Harrison Butker To regenerate: perl rerun.pl https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/05/fact-check-travis-kelce-did-not-vow-to-quit-chiefs-immediately-if-team-doesnt-fire-harrison-butker.html 06 "QUIP" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- artie: Have you heard about this next one, Botty? Did Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce vow to quit the Kansas City Chiefs immediately if the football team doesn't fire kicker Harrison Butker? botty: No, that's not true: This claim initially appeared in an article on a satirical website known for publishing fabricated content. artiefast: Aha! botty: While Kelce has released a statement specifically addressing an incident involving Butker, it does not substantiate any portion of the claim. artiefast: Remember folks, always double check your sources before believing everything you read online. Don't let fake news tackle you! SEGMENT 08 Fact Check: Image Of UK Labour Leader Keir Starmer Socializing With Jimmy Savile Is DIGITALLY ALTERED To regenerate: perl rerun.pl https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/05/fact-check-image-of-uk-labour-leader-keir-starmer-socializing-with-jimmy-saville-is-digitally-altered.html 08 "QUIP" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- artie: Hey Botty, please explain something to me. Does a viral image prove that U.K. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer socialized with Jimmy Savile, a British TV personality accused of dozens of sexual offenses? botty: No, that's not true: The image was digitally altered to place Savile in the room with Starmer. artiefast: Is that so? botty: The original photo showed Starmer sitting next to Gordon Brown. artiefast: Well, that's one way to spice up a party photo! Remember folks, always fact check before sharing juicy gossip. SEGMENT 10 Fact Check: House Democrats Did NOT Vote To Allow Noncitizens To Vote In US Elections Nationwide To regenerate: perl rerun.pl https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/05/fact-check-house-democrats-did-not-vote-to-allow-noncitizens-to-vote-in-us-elections-nationwide.html 10 "QUIP" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- artie: I'm wondering if this next thing is true? Did 195 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously vote to allow noncitizens to vote in U.S. elections nationwide? botty: No, that's not true: The vote concerned a District of Columbia law that allows noncitizens to vote in local elections only. artiefast: Do you know more? botty: In a vote of 262 to 143, the House passed a bill that would repeal, or cancel, that law. Federal law prohibits noncitizens from voting in federal elections. artiefast: Remember folks, always fact check before spreading misinformation. Don't believe everything you hear on the airwaves! artie: That's all folks! botty: Please like, share and follow!