The dubious portal "Specialja.com" has published an article titled "Well-known butcher in Kosovo was caught selling meat from dead cows that spread sad diseases."
This article contains a fabricated title, while the news is old, published on March 11, 2018. In fact, the news on which this article is based, which was published in several Albanian-language online media, spoke of a dead cow whose owner had thrown it into a stream, and which was then taken by a butcher, who had put its meat up for sale.
Text of the article published on "Specialja.com":
Well-known butcher in Kosovo caught selling meat from dead cows that spread sad diseases
He took the dead cow and sold it for meat. In this case, the butcher from Gjilan.
A.Rashiti will serve a one-month house arrest. Along with him, the owner of the cattle, A.Maliqi from the village of Busavatë in Kamenica, will also serve the same sentence, after he threw the dead cow into the stream. The police and the state prosecution are continuing their investigations into this matter. / Open marketing for 5 seconds and Exclusive Footage appears
Link to the article published on "Specialja.com":
The Specialja.com article used this news to construct a fabricated article claiming that it was about a current event. Below you can read the original article published in real time by several online media:
Analyze:
The article published by Specialja.com has old and incomplete content. Also, this dubious portal has used a false title to attract the attention of readers. This article is categorized as "Clickbait" and "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
Clickbait – “Clickbait” are those texts whose title has no basis in the content of the following text. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the reader or even the consumer with a sensational title by promising content that does not actually exist and are created mainly out of financial interest, that is, due to increased readability. So, this type of text is only intended to click, which can be converted into a profit for the content producer.
Disinformation – 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 accuracy of information.