Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - News or Not: The Italian Husky..

Episode Date: December 3, 2023

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News or not Producer Taylor Fresh from the grubby sewers of the internet Five years of a journalism degree And this is where you put it to good use Taylor Has it all been worth it? This segment makes it all worth it It makes my $25,000 debt back

Yeah this is what you dreamed of So what you do is you read three headlines from the internet Two are real Authentic headlines and one is fake news We try and have to figure it out through The process of intense investigation. Take it away. A routine cancer check-up leaves doctors shocked as they discover a live fly in man's colon.

A live fly? Yes, buzzing around there. Okay. Okay, number two. Husky mimics owner by barking in an Italian accent, proving that dogs do copy their owners. Barking in an Italian accent, proving that dogs do copy their owners. Barking in Italian, okay. Ma, mummy, how do you bark in Italian? There'd be a twang there.

Okay, number three, Barbie and Ken predicted to be most popular baby names of 2024. Okay, that could probably, Barbara, Kenneth, that possibly could be an option. Ken seems like a weird baby name, doesn't it? But I know there was probably There was a period where people were calling babies Kenneth and George Yeah Kenny, Kendall, you know Text 4487

Which one do you think is the fake news? We've got Hell Pizza up for grabs this morning Instantly, the same as you I'm probably thinking the dog one How is an Italian... You're Italian. How would a dog bark with an Italian twang? But hang

on. But hang on. Behind the scenes, pull the curtain back. You said before there was audio evidence of one of them. So maybe, maybe, it could be legit. What was the first story as well? The fly. The fly. How long has the fly been living in his colon? Well, there could be legit. What was the first story as well? The fly. The fly. How long has the fly been living in his colon?

Well, there could be audio of the fly buzzing around. There could be an Italian dog as well too, right? Okay. Throwing us off the scene. So how many years had this fly been trapped in? What a horrible place to be stuck as well. Didn't specify. Yeah, flies don't live long though, do they? No.

So do you want to guess first and then i'll tell you the stories because i feel like if i explain it we'll give it away okay uh let's say which one you're saying fake i'm with you ben there's no dog with an italian accent well you're wrong that is a true story really um so joel i've got some audio there this is what the italian dog sounds like that's not a dog that's someone going that is not an italian accent i'm not even italian I'm like offended by that. Practically barking, mamma mia. You're an Italian heritage, right?

I could be the spokesperson. If we said, hey, Taylor, listen to our Italian impersonation, we were like, blah, blah, blah. Because you're not a dog. You're right. Wouldn't you be offended? Blah, blah, blah, blah. I'm offended.

You're like, dog, hey, pizza, pasta. Blah, blah, blah, blah. They are reaching. But hey, it's an authentic story. Yes, and then the fly to answer those questions. So apparently the guy, three days before his routine checkup, ate lettuce that he didn't wash. Oh, and the fly wasn't there.

The fly was actually born inside his colon. Oh, with the maggots Yeah And then passing around Like it was actually moving And stuff So they're both Legit stories Yeah so Barbie and Ken

Are not Gonna be names next year You're really good At this game actually I am thank you Five years of journalism degree baby I know He's dividends