Doubtful portals with content in the Albanian language published yesterday (August 10) an article titled "The soul is crying, Sabri Fejzullahu is losing the man of his soul: Leave us very soon."
In this article, dubious portals have posted a photograph showing singer Sabri Fejzullahu together with his wife.
The image suggests that it is about his wife, while the content of the article states that Fejzullahu has announced the death of his brother.
After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info has confirmed that the news about the death of Sabri Fejzullahu's brother is old, from 2020.
So, dubious portals have published old articles claiming to present them as current, including inappropriate photos.
Links to the article published on dubious portals such as "csnews24.com", "aml.lukipres.info" and "gazetaprishtina.info":
The same article was also shared on social media Facebook by the pages “Albania”, “Lajme Fresh24” and “Gazeta Prishtina”. (see here, here and here)
After verifying the facts and conducting research through online search engines, hibrid.info has managed to find the news published in real time (August 2020) in several online media. (see here and here)
Fejzullahu had also made this announcement through his personal account on the social media "Instagram" on August 18, 2020. (see here)
Analyze:
Suspicious portals have published old news from 2020 regarding the death of singer Sabri Fejzullahu's brother, which they have tried to present as current.
In addition, these dubious portals have attached an inappropriate photograph to the article, which shows Sabri Fejzullahu together with his wife.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses 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.