An image is published showing figures of citizen support for political entities, based on a survey allegedly conducted by "Kohavision" television (KTV).
content This claim was published on Wednesday (May 20) on Facebook, by the page named "Mërgata me LDK-në".
The truth?
Hibrid.info found that the image was taken from a news report broadcast on KTV's central news, which reported on the increase in misinformation on the eve of the elections in Kosovo.
As of the time of writing, the content has received 670 likes and nearly 40 comments. From the content of some of the comments, it can be estimated that the audience of this page is likely to perceive the claim as credible.
The claim from this image was treated and assessed as "Fake News" by hibrid.info on May 11 (see here). The content had inconsistencies regarding the number of respondents, it was not known who conducted the survey, it lacked data on methodology, and it did not provide any credible sources or supporting documents.
Because this republished content contains the logo of the television station "KTV", hibrid.info has researched the official channel of this television station on YouTube (see here).
From the published content, the video of the latest central news (May 20) broadcast on this television channel was checked (see here). Among the chronicles broadcast in this news edition was the one titled "Misinformation increases during elections, citizens urged to be careful with online information" (see here).
In that news story, the image of the alleged poll was used only as a visual example of the misinformation circulating on the eve of the elections and not as a poll conducted or published by the television station itself.
So, we are not dealing with a survey conducted by KTV, but with an image taken from this television news program.
To find out if this is a survey conducted by KTV, hibrid.info has researched the website of this television station. Based on recently published content and after searching the website for the word “survey,” no content was found that would confirm the existence of this public opinion measurement (see here and here).
The Facebook page named "Exile with the LDK" has over 8 thousand followers and publishes content in support of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). In addition, hibrid.info has on several occasions addressed and evaluated the content published on this page (see here, here, here, here, here and here).
Analyze:
The claim that the image represents a survey conducted by KTV is incorrect.
Research conducted by hibrid.info on the official KTV YouTube channel found that the image was taken from an informational chronicle broadcast on the central news on May 20, which addressed the increase in disinformation during the elections in Kosovo.
In that chronicle, the image of the alleged poll was used only as a visual example of misinformation published on the eve of the elections and not as a poll conducted or published by the television station itself.
Therefore, based on the evaluation methodology, hibrid.info assesses the content in question as "Manipulation of facts".
Reasoning:
“Factual manipulation” is a rating given to informational content that uses facts known to be accurate but interprets them in a distorted manner. These reports typically use accurate information to draw incorrect conclusions or claims, thereby misleading consumers of media content about the actual meaning of the facts presented.