The Serbian state news agency "Tanjug" published an article yesterday (February 23) titled "Rakiq: Pressure will continue, attack was organized by Kurti."
This news item published the claim of the leader of the Serbian List, Goran Rakić, who accused the leader of the Vetëvendosje Movement, Albin Kurti, and the Kosovo Serb political activist, Rada Trajković and Nenad Rašić, of organizing a physical attack on the latter's son.
Rakiq's statement to "tanjug.rs" in Albanian:
"The attack on Nenad Rashiq's son, Nikolla, was organized by the leader of Vetëvendosje, Albin Kurti, and was carried out through Rada Trajkoviqi and Nenad Rashiq," Rakic told Tanjug.rs.
Link to the article published by "tanjug.rs":
http://www.tanjug.rs/full-view.aspx?izb=632716
This statement by Rakić was a counter-reaction to the concern expressed by Kurti and the two Kosovo Serb politicians, Trajković and Rašić.
The leader of VV has reacted regarding the physical attack on Nenad Rašić's son, which he called organized, alluding that this attack is related to the victim's parent, who, according to him, did not break or succumb to pressure and threats from Serbia.
"Probably, since they couldn't scare Nenad Rashiq, they beat his son Nikola."
But in his reaction, Kurti did not accuse specific individuals in connection with this attack, as Rakiqi had done.
Albin Kurti's Facebook status regarding the physical attack on Nenad Rashiqi's son:
https://www.facebook.com/albini2017/posts/1076926506140566
Analyze:
The reaction of the leader of the Serbian List, Goran Rakić, comes as a response to the statement of Albin Kurti and two Kosovo Serb politicians, Rada Trajković and Nenad Rašić. With this statement, which is not based on any facts, Rakić wanted to divert attention through the Spin method from the accusations made by Kosovo political addresses towards official Belgrade for responsibility for the attack on Nikola Rašić. For this reason, hibrid.info evaluates this statement of Rakić as "Spin" and "Unverified Content".
Reasoning:
The “Spin” rating is given to a media report with which the author tries to divert the public’s attention from some other content or facts that are being reported in the media at that time. A characteristic of such media reports is that they occur mainly as a reaction to another media report or a current event from which someone wants to divert attention, and which is unfavorable to some actors, mainly politics. This rating is therefore specific to the fact that it may depend on external factors, such as cases where a particular media ignores current unfavorable news on the one hand, and at the same time publishes content that is unfavorable on the other hand.
The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.