The dubious portal with content in the Albanian language "albasky.com" has published an article claiming that the escort of the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, has been in an accident, and that the latter is in serious health condition.
Hibrid.info has verified the facts in this article, which has turned out to be false, as the content states that this news is not true, but was created for April 1st, a date that is universally known as "April Fool's Day".
However, this dubious portal has not indicated in the title that it is an April Fool's Day hoax, and this misinforms those readers who are informed only by the title without reading the content.
The full article published on the dubious portal "albasky.com":
Prime Minister Rama's ESCORT is involved in an accident, the Prime Minister in serious condition/ Details in the news
Prime Minister Sali Berisha has published a message from a digital citizen who writes that the escort of Prime Minister Edi Rama's company was involved in a road accident.
The same thing happened on the Gosë-Rɾogozhinë highway and that one of the escort cars was hit by a 'trailer. Dear readers, today is April Fool's Day and this news is not true but simply a joke for April Fool's Day or April Fool's Day. Happy April 1st
Link to the article published on the dubious portal "albasky.com":
The fabricated article was also shared on Facebook by the page "Gazeta Aktive", which has over 90 thousand followers. (see here)
Hibrid.info, after research conducted through online search engines, found that this portal republished this article after the escort of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama was involved in an accident on February 1, 2019.
The old news has been republished, adding the false claim that Prime Minister Rama is in serious health condition.
Some of the online media that reported on this accident in 2019 can be found here. here, here and here.
Analyze:
The dubious portal "albasky.com" has published a news story from 2019, when the escort of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama was involved in a road accident.
But, this portal has tried to present this article as current, adding the false claim that Prime Minister Rama is in serious health condition. While at the end of the news, it is announced that this is not true and that the news was created for April 1, which is known as "Lies Day."
However, readers who are informed only by the title, without reading the content, may be misinformed into thinking that the news is true. Based on these facts, hibrid.info has assessed 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.