Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
A photo has been published showing the president of Real Madrid football club, Florentino Pérez, accompanied by a caption claiming that the club will not sell tickets to members of the LGBTQI+ community.
image This claim was published on the Facebook account of the Albanian imam, Ahmed Kalaja.
What's wrong with the content?
Hibrid.info has found that there is no official decision published by Real Madrid confirming the claim.
aCCOUNT Imam Kalaja's Facebook page has over 360 thousand followers, while this publication has received over 2 thousand likes.
The same photo with this claim has been published by a large number of websites and publishers.
Hibrid.info has checked the website and accounts of the Real Madrid club on Facebook and the "X" platform, but in recent announcements no publication has been found that would confirm the claim (see here, here and here).
Also, after researching using the Google search engine, no media reports or credible sources were found that could substantiate the claim (see here).
To further verify the accuracy of this claim, hibrid.info has reviewed the procedures provided for purchasing a ticket for a football match at the "Santiago Bernabeu" stadium.
For the next match that Real Madrid will play at its stadium on August 30, against Mallorca, the information requested from interested parties before purchasing a ticket does not include a question about sexual orientation.
Analyze:
The claim that Real Madrid will not sell tickets to the LGBTQI+ community is unfounded.
There is no official club decision and the ticket purchasing process does not require information on sexual orientation.
Therefore, based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses the content as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The “Fake News” rating is given to informational content that is entirely fabricated or that contains factually incorrect claims or information. Content that is rated as fake news can be defined as having been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.