The dubious portal "specialja.com" has published an article titled "actor and moderator Besim Dina has become part of a political party in Kosovo."
Hibrid.info, after verifying the facts in this article, finds that the title of this article is false and does not match the content in the text.
This article states that Besim Dina has decided to support Mimoza Kusari – Lila in her candidacy for mayor of Gjakova. However, the claim that the Kosovar moderator has joined a political party, as presented in the title, turns out to be false.
Link to the article published on the dubious portal "specialja.com":
The same article was also shared on Facebook by the page "Në Kohë", which has over 400 thousand followers.
https://www.facebook.com/nekohe/posts/247094607451773
On October 24 of this year, the head of the Vetëvendosje Parliamentary Group, Mimoza Kusari, had published a photo on her Facebook profile where she was together with moderator Besim Dina, with the caption “'Happy with the answer for Besim: #OnlyMimozaForGjakova”.
Link to Mimoza Kusari - Lila's post on her Facebook profile:
https://www.facebook.com/mimozakusari/posts/10157878547600916
Several online media outlets in Kosovo had also reported on these photos of Kusari-Lila, the links to which can be found below.
https://indeksonline.net/besim-dina-e-perkrah-mimoza-kusarin-ne-garen-per-gjakove/
https://gazetainfokus.com/besim-dina-e-perkrah-mimoza-kusarin-ne-garen-per-gjakove/
https://www.kosovarja-ks.com/besim-dina-e-perkrah-mimoza-kusarin-ne-garen-per-gjakove/
Analyze:
The dubious portal "specialja.com" has published an article with a fabricated title claiming that Besim Dina has become part of a political party in Kosovo.
After a fact-check analysis conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that this is not true, as the text states that Dina will only support Kusari-Lila in the race for mayor of Gjakova.
Also, on October 24, Kusari-Lila published a photo with Dina on her official Facebook account with the caption "Happy to answer me for Besim: #OnlyMimozaForGjakova".
Based on its working methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as "misinformation".
Reasoning:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.