Wrote: Festim Rizanaj
"Blinded by the internal war, the West is also disappointed by the opposition in Kosovo" is the title of an article published today (April 21) on the information portal "ntv.al".
The article is illustrated with photographs showing the three leaders of the opposition parties in Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj from AAK, Lumir Abdixhiku from LDK, and Memli Krasniqi from PDK.
Hibrid.info has verified the facts and confirmed that the published article represents an opinion, but that such a thing was not made clear by the publisher.
The title, the photo, and the content do not specify that the article presents an opinion, which could be interpreted as meaning that the article constitutes news.
Link to the "ntv.al" article, published on April 21:
After research conducted in the digital sphere, it was found that the text of the article published by "ntv.al" is the same as the opinion of the analyst, Baton Haxhiu, published on the information portal "Albanianpost.com". (here)
While the article published on "albanianpost.com" is titled "How can anyone ask for more?" and is stated to be the author's writing by analyst Baton Haxhiu, in the article published by "ntv.al" the title and illustrative photo have been changed and it is not stated that it is an opinion piece.
The article dealt with an authorial article by analyst Haxhiu, who talks about the political situation in Kosovo and the approach of the Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, towards European political powers.
Among other things, Haxhiu writes that “blinded by the internal war, the government and the opposition take Kosovo for granted” and “Kosovo's partners are also very disappointed with the lack of a clear stance from the opposition.”
The title of the article published by "ntv.al", "Blinded by the internal war, the West also disappointed by the opposition in Kosovo", represents a combination of the above sentences, but without specifying that it represents the opinion of analyst Haxhiu.
Analyze:
The Albanian-language information portal "Ntv.al" has published an article titled "Blinded by the internal war, the West is also disappointed by the opposition in Kosovo," illustrating it with photographs showing the three opposition leaders.
After fact-checking by hibrid.info, it was found that the article refers to an opinion by analyst Baton Haxhiu, published on "albaninanpost.com".
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this article as "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
“Clickbait” is considered to be informational content whose title is general and does not disclose the location of the event, context and relevance. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the audience with sensational headlines with misleading consequences, which do not accurately clarify the content of the article. “Clickbait” headlines are mainly made to attract readability in the case of media publications and/or to earn from clicks in the case of commercial publications.