Several Facebook pages have published a photo showing the head of the charity, Halil Kastrati, together with an elderly person.
In the description of this photo, these Facebook pages have claimed that the woman seen in this image is the elderly woman who was physically attacked by a nurse at the "Orenda" nursing home in Peja (November 2).
This description claims that Kastrati has already sheltered the elderly woman in the "Balkan Orphans" nursing home.
However, after fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that this photograph is old (October 21, 2021) and that the elderly woman seen in it is not the person attacked by the nurse.
Some of the many sites that published this old photo, claiming to present it as current by linking it to the case of the attacker are: "Dukagjini News","Pristina Newspaper","Pristina ShowBiMr., "Dardania News","Mekuli Press”And“Albanian newspaper".
After research conducted through the automated online fact-checking program - "InVID", hibrid.info has managed to find the authentic photo published on Halil Kastrati's personal account on the social network "Instagram", which was taken on October 21, 2021. (see here the second photo in a row)
These Facebook pages published this photo with a fabricated description, it turns out, after the reaction made by Halil Kastrati himself, who yesterday (November 2) on his official Facebook account expressed his willingness to accommodate the elderly woman in the nursing home built by the charitable organization "Orphans of the Balkans" with the help of donors. (see here)
Analyze:
Several Facebook pages have published an old photo from October 2021, showing the head of the charity, Halil Kastrati, together with an elderly person.
In the description of this photo, these pages falsely claimed that the elderly woman seen in this image is the elderly woman who was physically attacked by a nurse at the "Orenda" nursing home in Peja, adding that Kastrati has already sheltered her at the "Balkan Orphans" nursing home.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this post by these pages as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The "Fake News" rating is given to media reports that are entirely the product of a medium that itself contains factually incorrect claims or information.
Content that is considered fake news can be reliably determined to have been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.