January 29, 2026 • 8 mins
Can you actually tell the difference between real headlines and complete internet nonsense anymore? In this week’s Real News or Fake News on The Jubal Show, the crew tries to separate fact from fiction as viral stories get more unhinged by the day. From influencers putting themselves in danger for selfies, to shocking claims about AI, wellness trends, and public safety warnings, each headline sounds just believable enough to make you pause.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Breaking news. It's the Jewel Show. Nike claims that its
new shoes can now activate the brain, heightened sensory awareness,
and improve concentration. Oh meanwhile, the makers of Crocs say
their shoes stimulate your need to sit on a lawn
chair in your driveway and drink Natty Light all day.
Ye see how easy it is to create fake news.
(00:23):
That's why every single week at this time would bring
you the cleverly named segment real News or fake News,
where I give you a news story from the week
that's gone viral and you have to tell me if
it's a real news story or a fake one that
people actually believed. Here's your first headline for real news
or fake news. Authorities at Wildlife Park in China warn
influencers that snow leopards aren't props for your selfies. Ah
(00:47):
here's the story. An influencer at a popular ski destination
in China is recovering after a snow leopard who just
didn't want to be a part of her get Ready
with Me to Ski video did well exactly what snow
leopards do and attacked her. That hurt like a but
gonna stick. The influencer was able to get to within
(01:12):
five feet of a wild snow leopard and tried to
take a selfie with it. Eventually, a ski instructor was
able to scare the snow leopard off by waving his
ski poles around, and emergency services was called and took
her to the hospital. But don't worry, she was still
able to post a picture of herself laying there with
her leopard wounds as she waited for help. Officials at
(01:35):
the park are issuing yet another warning to people who
visit that snow leopards don't care about your likes and
they will eat you, so don't take selfies with snow leopards.
Is that a real news story or a fake news story? Nina, Oh,
this is real. This just has to be real.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Yeah, Victoria, Yeah, unfortunately I do think this is real
as well.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Producer Freeze. Authorities at a wildlife park in China warn
influencers that snow leopards aren't props for your selfies, real
or fake.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I have no confidence in people. It's real.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
It's definitely real. It's very obviously. That is a real one.
Don't take pictures with wild animals that will eat you.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
No, that makes me so sad. What goes through your mind?
You're not an exception. You're just as yummy as anybody else.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
It's cute and they look comfy and cozy, adorable.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
I'm in my cute snow bunny outfit, and how cute
would it be if there's a snow leopard right next
to me?
Speaker 3 (02:22):
And what is that kid's parents?
Speaker 1 (02:24):
How can my picture look? And then I get a
lot of light comment.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Okay, so Victoria is going to be the next one
we report on.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
It's Real news or Fake News? A segment where I
give you a new story that's gone viral this week.
You have to tell me if it's a real news
story or a fake one that people actually believed. Here's
your next headline for real news or fake news. After
numerous hospitalizations, the FDA warns Americans that you cannot get
nutrients from just looking at pictures of food created by AI.
(02:53):
Here's the story. Sure, popular influencer had a video go
viral where they insisted that AI food is actual real food,
and they cite that it has digital macronutrient absorption. They say,
your body doesn't know the difference between a steak and
a very convincing photo of a steak, she explained, and
(03:14):
now she's pushing back against the claims by the FDA
that say, don't just look at food and think that
you're getting nutrients. The popular wellness influencer is now pushing back,
saying that the growing ai meal trend that she created
causes malnutrition and insisting that humans can. She says that
humans can, in fact receive nutrition from looking at food,
(03:35):
provided the image is rendered at a high enough resolution. What.
In a twelve minute long video filmed in front of
a ring light and an unlit stove, the influencer assured
her followers that critics don't understand how modern biology works anymore.
Nutrition isn't physical, she said, it's informational. Here's the science
(03:57):
behind it. According to the influencer, the human body is
fully capable of absorbing nutrients through what she calls visual
gastro transference, a process that she claims occurs when the
digestive aura syncs with the image. The image is macro density.
She went on to explain that the brain can download
the proteins, vitamins are mostly bioavailable, calories exist on a
(04:21):
quantum spectrum, and hunger is a legacy sensation from pre
WiFi times is she high? According to her, she got
her results from a Harvard study, European doctors, and studies
on how astronauts eat, none of which she's been able
to link to. By the way, the influenceer emphasized that
(04:42):
nutrition absorption depends heavily on the image quality. She says,
if you're still using seven to twenty P, you're literally starving.
She said that you need to visually eat your meals
in four K, sometimes eight K if you're bulking. She
then promoted her new course on losing weight and feeling
about by viewing your calories instead of eating them, available
(05:02):
for three hundred and ninety nine dollars. Authorities had to
issue a warning after hospitals began reporting that people are
coming in from malnutrition because of the new diet. Is
that a real new story or a fake news story? Okay?
Speaker 2 (05:11):
So which part am I saying is real and fake?
The whole thing because she was real or the people
believed it?
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Yeah, what answer?
Speaker 2 (05:18):
The whole thing complicated? But I'm gonna go with fake
just because people. Please don't be that dumb Victoria. It's
a real new story or a fake news story. After
numerous hospitalizations. The FDA warrens Americans that you cannot get
nutrients just from looking at pictures of food created by AI.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
I want to say fake, but I really think this
is real. Unfortunately, you producer Freeze. Is this a real
new story or a fake news story? What do you think?
Speaker 3 (05:41):
I wish I could get jack just by watching other
people go to the gym. But I'm gonna say it's fake.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
This is a fake news story thing. But the shocking
part of this new story is that it did go
viral and people actually started googling. Apparently there was reports
of over twelve million Americans googling trying to buy the
made up influencer's diet books. So it's a fake story
with also real sad implications.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
I will also say that stoners will sit there and
watch shows and see something on television, a commercial or whatever,
and get motivated to go buy some jump food and
go eat it and then gain some weight and then
get heavier.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Not the same thing.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
People. The people that were googling the book were like,
oh my god, that's such a great idea how to
lose weight. You could just literally have AI make my
dinner every night and just stare at it for a
while and fine, eyeballs. Yeah, here's your next headline for
real news or fake news. The Washington d C poo
guyser is back and going strong. The Washington d C
(06:50):
pooh geyser is back and going strong. Here's the story.
So much for draining the swamp. The Potomac River in Washington,
d C. Is one of the country's most prestigious bodies
of water. George Washington grew up next to it and
called it the River of our Nation. The Lincoln Memorial,
Jefferson Memorial, and Arlington Cemetery all sit alongside it, and
just like our politicians, it's always been full of crap.
(07:12):
Swimming in Washington DC's water has been illegal since nineteen
seventy one due to the high levels of bacteria from
human fecal matter. But over the past few years it
looked like things were improving and they actually thought people
would be able to swim in it soon. But now
there is currently a huge geyser of pooh flooding into
(07:34):
the Potomac thanks to a collapse last week in a
sewer line carrying wastewater from Virginia to Maryland. Drinking water
isn't affected but the Potomac River, Washington, d C's beautiful
river where all those things sit, is now even more
full of pooh. It's bubbling up three to five feet
(07:54):
into the air. Is that a real new story or
a fake news story? Nina, I'm going with real.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
I am gonna say, Reel.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Victoria, the Washington d C poo guyser is back and
going strong. Really fake. I'm gonna sit by Okay, yeah,
producer Freeze, the Washington d C poo guyser.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
I'm saying it's real.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
You're saying it's real. Yes, this is one hundred percent real, Yes, real?
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Is that it? Or is that just the universe trying
to give us a clue? Like, hey, you guys were
how high do I have to make the pool go
here in Washington, d C? For you guys to realize
what's going on right
Breaking news. It's the Jewel Show. Nike claims that its
new shoes can now activate the brain, heightened sensory awareness,
and improve concentration. Oh meanwhile, the makers of Crocs say
their shoes stimulate your need to sit on a lawn
chair in your driveway and drink Natty Light all day.
Ye see how easy it is to create fake news.
(00:23):
That's why every single week at this time would bring
you the cleverly named segment real News or fake News,
where I give you a news story from the week
that's gone viral and you have to tell me if
it's a real news story or a fake one that
people actually believed. Here's your first headline for real news
or fake news. Authorities at Wildlife Park in China warn
influencers that snow leopards aren't props for your selfies. Ah
(00:47):
here's the story. An influencer at a popular ski destination
in China is recovering after a snow leopard who just
didn't want to be a part of her get Ready
with Me to Ski video did well exactly what snow
leopards do and attacked her. That hurt like a but
gonna stick. The influencer was able to get to within
(01:12):
five feet of a wild snow leopard and tried to
take a selfie with it. Eventually, a ski instructor was
able to scare the snow leopard off by waving his
ski poles around, and emergency services was called and took
her to the hospital. But don't worry, she was still
able to post a picture of herself laying there with
her leopard wounds as she waited for help. Officials at
(01:35):
the park are issuing yet another warning to people who
visit that snow leopards don't care about your likes and
they will eat you, so don't take selfies with snow leopards.
Is that a real news story or a fake news story? Nina, Oh,
this is real. This just has to be real.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Yeah, Victoria, Yeah, unfortunately I do think this is real
as well.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Producer Freeze. Authorities at a wildlife park in China warn
influencers that snow leopards aren't props for your selfies, real
or fake.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I have no confidence in people. It's real.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
It's definitely real. It's very obviously. That is a real one.
Don't take pictures with wild animals that will eat you.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
No, that makes me so sad. What goes through your mind?
You're not an exception. You're just as yummy as anybody else.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
It's cute and they look comfy and cozy, adorable.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
I'm in my cute snow bunny outfit, and how cute
would it be if there's a snow leopard right next
to me?
Speaker 3 (02:22):
And what is that kid's parents?
Speaker 1 (02:24):
How can my picture look? And then I get a
lot of light comment.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Okay, so Victoria is going to be the next one
we report on.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
It's Real news or Fake News? A segment where I
give you a new story that's gone viral this week.
You have to tell me if it's a real news
story or a fake one that people actually believed. Here's
your next headline for real news or fake news. After
numerous hospitalizations, the FDA warns Americans that you cannot get
nutrients from just looking at pictures of food created by AI.
(02:53):
Here's the story. Sure, popular influencer had a video go
viral where they insisted that AI food is actual real food,
and they cite that it has digital macronutrient absorption. They say,
your body doesn't know the difference between a steak and
a very convincing photo of a steak, she explained, and
(03:14):
now she's pushing back against the claims by the FDA
that say, don't just look at food and think that
you're getting nutrients. The popular wellness influencer is now pushing back,
saying that the growing ai meal trend that she created
causes malnutrition and insisting that humans can. She says that
humans can, in fact receive nutrition from looking at food,
(03:35):
provided the image is rendered at a high enough resolution. What.
In a twelve minute long video filmed in front of
a ring light and an unlit stove, the influencer assured
her followers that critics don't understand how modern biology works anymore.
Nutrition isn't physical, she said, it's informational. Here's the science
(03:57):
behind it. According to the influencer, the human body is
fully capable of absorbing nutrients through what she calls visual
gastro transference, a process that she claims occurs when the
digestive aura syncs with the image. The image is macro density.
She went on to explain that the brain can download
the proteins, vitamins are mostly bioavailable, calories exist on a
(04:21):
quantum spectrum, and hunger is a legacy sensation from pre
WiFi times is she high? According to her, she got
her results from a Harvard study, European doctors, and studies
on how astronauts eat, none of which she's been able
to link to. By the way, the influenceer emphasized that
(04:42):
nutrition absorption depends heavily on the image quality. She says,
if you're still using seven to twenty P, you're literally starving.
She said that you need to visually eat your meals
in four K, sometimes eight K if you're bulking. She
then promoted her new course on losing weight and feeling
about by viewing your calories instead of eating them, available
(05:02):
for three hundred and ninety nine dollars. Authorities had to
issue a warning after hospitals began reporting that people are
coming in from malnutrition because of the new diet. Is
that a real new story or a fake news story? Okay?
Speaker 2 (05:11):
So which part am I saying is real and fake?
The whole thing because she was real or the people
believed it?
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Yeah, what answer?
Speaker 2 (05:18):
The whole thing complicated? But I'm gonna go with fake
just because people. Please don't be that dumb Victoria. It's
a real new story or a fake news story. After
numerous hospitalizations. The FDA warrens Americans that you cannot get
nutrients just from looking at pictures of food created by AI.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
I want to say fake, but I really think this
is real. Unfortunately, you producer Freeze. Is this a real
new story or a fake news story? What do you think?
Speaker 3 (05:41):
I wish I could get jack just by watching other
people go to the gym. But I'm gonna say it's fake.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
This is a fake news story thing. But the shocking
part of this new story is that it did go
viral and people actually started googling. Apparently there was reports
of over twelve million Americans googling trying to buy the
made up influencer's diet books. So it's a fake story
with also real sad implications.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
I will also say that stoners will sit there and
watch shows and see something on television, a commercial or whatever,
and get motivated to go buy some jump food and
go eat it and then gain some weight and then
get heavier.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Not the same thing.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
People. The people that were googling the book were like,
oh my god, that's such a great idea how to
lose weight. You could just literally have AI make my
dinner every night and just stare at it for a
while and fine, eyeballs. Yeah, here's your next headline for
real news or fake news. The Washington d C poo
guyser is back and going strong. The Washington d C
(06:50):
pooh geyser is back and going strong. Here's the story.
So much for draining the swamp. The Potomac River in Washington,
d C. Is one of the country's most prestigious bodies
of water. George Washington grew up next to it and
called it the River of our Nation. The Lincoln Memorial,
Jefferson Memorial, and Arlington Cemetery all sit alongside it, and
just like our politicians, it's always been full of crap.
(07:12):
Swimming in Washington DC's water has been illegal since nineteen
seventy one due to the high levels of bacteria from
human fecal matter. But over the past few years it
looked like things were improving and they actually thought people
would be able to swim in it soon. But now
there is currently a huge geyser of pooh flooding into
(07:34):
the Potomac thanks to a collapse last week in a
sewer line carrying wastewater from Virginia to Maryland. Drinking water
isn't affected but the Potomac River, Washington, d C's beautiful
river where all those things sit, is now even more
full of pooh. It's bubbling up three to five feet
(07:54):
into the air. Is that a real new story or
a fake news story? Nina, I'm going with real.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
I am gonna say, Reel.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Victoria, the Washington d C poo guyser is back and
going strong. Really fake. I'm gonna sit by Okay, yeah,
producer Freeze, the Washington d C poo guyser.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
I'm saying it's real.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
You're saying it's real. Yes, this is one hundred percent real, Yes, real?
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Is that it? Or is that just the universe trying
to give us a clue? Like, hey, you guys were
how high do I have to make the pool go
here in Washington, d C? For you guys to realize
what's going on right
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