Several Albanian-language news portals published an article yesterday (May 11) claiming that Serbia has been disqualified from competing in the European song contest "Eurovision".
After verification of the facts conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that this claim made by these portals is untrue.
On the official Eurovision website, it becomes clear that Serbia has advanced to the final.
Link to the article published on the portals "botasot.info", "02press.com" and "kosovarja-ks.com":
https://www.kosovarja-ks.com/serbia-diskualifikohet-nga-gara-per-eurovision-2023/
After researching online search engines, hibrid.info found the list of finalists published on the official Eurovision website, which also includes the song "Samo mi se spava" sung by Luke Black, representing Serbia. (see here)
Analyze:
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the aforementioned portals have incorrectly claimed that Serbia has been disqualified from the European song festival "Eurovision".
On the official Eurovision website, Serbia is also listed as a finalist. Based on its methodology, hibrid.info rates this article 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.