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Labeled Satire: Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, in September 2023 will not offer Budweiser or Bud Light products. Advertisment: About this rating In April 2023, claims began to spread online that the year's Oktoberfest would not offer Budweiser or Bud Light beerfor the first time in 75 years. Over 6 million people traveledto the festival in Munich, Germany, in fall 2022. "This is pretty sad, (Source: Snopes)

Originated As Satire: The U.S. military sentenced former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney to hang to death. Advertisment: About this rating In late April 2023, several websites known for publishing unreliable information posted a "news" story asserting that former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney was sentence by a military tribunal to hang. Those websites were: Before It's News, the Adina Kutnicki (Source: Snopes)

False: Video shows recent ax attack in US Fact check: Video shows 2017 ax attack in Australia, not recent incident in USShow Caption Hide Caption Alex Murdaugh found guilty in the murders of his son, wife in 2021 After several weeks of testimony from witnesses in the Murdaugh double murder trial, a jury reached a verdict in the deaths of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Scott L. Hall, USA TODAYThe claim: Video shows recent ax attack in USAn April 14 Twitter post (direct link, archive link) shows a video of a woman attacking several people with an ax inside a convenience store. It shows an ax attack carried out in 2017 by a transgender woman in Sydney, Australia. Ax attack took place at a 7-Eleven in Australia in 2017A report by the Sydney Morning Herald that includes the video from the post indicates the incident took place shortly after 2 a.m. Jan. 7, 2017, at a 7-Eleven in Sydney. Fact check: Video altered to show Joe Biden ignoring British Prime Minister Rishi SunakOther news outlets have also published articles about the attack that indicate the incident happened in 2017. (Source: USA Today)