Some online users shared a screenshot of a headline that reads: “Military Sentences Liz Cheney to Hang to Death. Examples of the claim can be viewed (archive.is/wip/laS84) and (here).
The claim is false and stems from Real Raw News (archive.is/b1wAS).
The website carries the following disclaimer: "Information on this website is for informational and educational and entertainment purposes. This website contains humor, parody, and satire. We have included this disclaimer for our protection, on the advice on legal counsel" (archive.is/MXgiU).
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies characterized Real Raw News as a website that “regularly publishes fantastical, false stories with made-to-go-viral headlines" (here).
A spokesperson for the Office of the Secretary of Defense also told Reuters via email that the claim is false.
A spokesperson for Cheney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Reuters found no related media reports on the supposed sentencing (archive.is/wip/GIwm5).
Reuters has previously addressed viral claims that stemmed from Real Raw News (here), (here).
False. A spokesperson for the Office of the Secretary of Defense also told Reuters that the claim is false. The claim stems from a hoax website.
This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team. Read more about our work to fact-check social media posts (here).
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