The Facebook page "Lexo Sot", which has nearly 50 thousand followers, continues to publish an old article from February of this year about the presence of Serbian "gendarmerie" troops in the village of Breznica near the Kosovo-Serbia border area.
This old news item, this page continues to publish. Today (August 30), it reposted it on Facebook, adding the title "LATEST", under the pretext of making it appear as current news.
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that this article contains a fabricated title, which does not correspond to the content.
The content contains old news (February 24), when the mayor of the Local Community in the village of Breznica in the Kosovo-Serbia border area, in the municipality of Kamenica, had announced that the state of Serbia had increased its military presence in this village, surrounding it from all sides and adding to the panic among the villagers.
Link to the article published on Facebook by the "Lexo Sot" page:
"Lexo Sot" took this article with a made-up title from the dubious portal with content in Albanian "news308media.com", published on February 24, 2022. (see here)
After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info managed to find the article with the announcement of the mayor of the Local Community in Breznica made on February 24, and published in several online media in Kosovo. (see here and here)
This article was previously shared by the "Lexo Sot" Facebook page, which has also been verified by hibrid.info. (see here and here)
Based on research conducted through social networks, hibrid.info has found that this site has published this article a total of nine times on different dates. (see here)
Analyze:
The Facebook page named "Lexo Sot" today (August 30) published an article from February of this year, claiming to present it as current.
This is not the first time this site has published this article. Based on research conducted by hibrid.info, it has been found that this is the ninth time this site has re-posted the article in question.
After fact-checking analysis, hibrid.info rates this article as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.