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[ ARTICLE ]

The September earthquake that was recorded in Himara is falsely presented as real

FATBARDH DEMA

The suspicious portal with content in Albanian "new.focuslajme.mk" published on January 1 an article titled "Earthquake shaking in our country. Here's where the epicenter was."

After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the news is old.


Link to the article published on the dubious portal "new.focuslajme.mk":

https://new.focuslajme.mk/?p=61&fbclid=IwAR2qjVoiwPaQPCNbAb7VOAeheWeX7_NG3sfHB4Ef4fI4dcRWuJeyHlwaL_Q

This article was also shared on Facebook on January 1st by the “Lajme Ditore” page, which has over 80 thousand followers. (see here)


After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info found the article published in real time (September 6), at the time when a 3 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Himara. (see here and here)


Analyze:

A dubious portal has published an old article from September about an earthquake recorded in Himara, which it has tried to present as current.

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.

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