The Facebook page called "Atdheu Lajm" published today (December 15) an article titled "Fantastic News: Albanian Doctor Cures Diabetes in One Day."
This article claims that Kosovar surgeon Arbër Morina has claimed to cure diabetes in one day.
After research conducted by hibrid.info on Morina's personal Facebook account, it was found that he denied this article, which he described as false and that it was not written by him.
Link to the article published on Facebook by the page "Atdheu Lajm":
Kosovar surgeon Arbër Morina, on his personal Facebook account on January 14, 2021, denied this article written in his name, saying that these posts were made by people who aim to tarnish his work. (see here)
The same person also explained that diabetes cannot be cured in one day, nor can the simplest flu.
After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info has found that this article has been circulating on the internet since January 2021, published by the Albanian-language portal "Lajmpress.org". (see here)
The same article was published earlier on Facebook, which was also verified by hibrid.info. (see here)
Analyze:
After verification conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that various portals have falsely published an article using the name of a Kosovar surgeon, claiming that he said he could cure diabetes in one day.
On the other hand, surgeon Abër Morina, whose name was used in this article, has used his Facebook account to deny this news and, according to him, these posts were made by people who intend to tarnish his work.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The "Fake News" rating is given to media reports that are entirely the product of a medium that itself contains factually incorrect claims or information.
Content that is considered fake news can be reliably determined to have been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.