Facebook page “Minuti Newspaper"has published a content titled "Exclusive | Kurti's two proposals for President" through which it claims, referring to sources close to developments within the Vetëvendosje Movement (LVV), that Albin Kurti is considering two non-partisan names for the post of president of Kosovo.
According to this publisher, the names are being kept out of public view and no final decision has yet been made. One of them, it is claimed, could emerge as a compromise candidate and challenge the opposition in the presidential election process.
The aforementioned site has distributed this content, which has been published on a website called "blog.foodsfact.org".
What's wrong with this content?
After fact-checking by Hibrid.info, it was determined that the website "blog.foodsfact.org" is suspicious, while the claim in question has not been published in the media or reliable sources.
FACTS
Initially, hibrid.info searched Google with the keywords "Kurti's two proposals for president", but the results do not show any information published in credible media regarding this claim (see here).
Why is this content suspicious?
The page "Gazeta Minuti", the content it publishes on Facebook, posts on several websites with names such as nminut.info, gazetaminuti.com, and currently also on blog.foodsfact.orgThere is no section on these websites that shows an address, contact information, or information about who is behind it.
Hibrid.info has previously verified this page as publishing misinformation (see here the full article).
The content published by the page "Gazeta Minuti" was then shared by other pages on Facebook such as "Diaspora Newspaper","Trendi.info"and "Gazetavip.com".
What should we keep in mind when we see such content?
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The Facebook page “Gazeta Minuti” has published a claim that Albin Kurti is considering two non-partisan names for the post of president of Kosovo, claiming that the names are being kept out of public view and that a final decision has not yet been made. The same claim has also been published on the website “blog.foodsfact.org”, which presents elements that raise doubts about its credibility.
Verification conducted by Hibrid.info has not found confirmation of this information in the media or credible sources. Also, the website where the article was published does not provide clear information on ownership, address or contact methods, making it impossible to identify the source of the information.
The claim was further shared by several other Facebook pages. Meanwhile, "Gazeta Minuti" has previously published misinformation content, which has been addressed and verified by Hibrid.info.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses the content published by this site as "unverified".
rationale
The "Unverified" rating is given to those informative contents that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which could not be verified due to certain circumstances (speed, lack of sources) during the publication of the content.