An information portal with content in the Albanian language has published an article titled "Frightening accident/ Bus full of passengers collides 'head-on' with truck, injuries reported".
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that the title of this article is generalizing, as it does not clarify in which country the event occurred.
The news is clarified only in the content, more precisely in the headline of the article, which states "A serious incident has occurred in Turkey, where as a result of a collision between a passenger bus and a truck, 19 people have been injured."
Given the fact that this information portal is registered in Albania (see here) and the contents published by this portal are in Albanian, the title in question leaves room for misinformation among readers that the event occurred in any of the Albanian-speaking countries.
Link to the article published by the portal "Sot.com.al":
To further confirm the fact that this event occurred in Turkey, hibrid.info has found an article about the same event published by the Turkish media outlet "Trthaber.com", which states that the accident occurred on the North Marmara Highway in Turkey. (see here)
Analyze:
The accident that occurred in Turkey was presented without specifying the location in the title of the portal, Sot.com.al - implying the possibility of the event occurring in the territory of one of the Albanian-speaking countries in the region, thus misleading readers.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info considers this article to be "clickbait".
Reasoning:
“Clickbait” are those texts whose title has no basis in the content of the following text. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the reader or even the consumer with a sensational title by promising content that does not actually exist and are created mainly out of financial interest, that is, due to increased readability. So, this type of text is only intended to click, which can be converted into a profit for the content producer.