Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
An image has been published with the caption claiming that Albanian writer Ismail Kadare has declared that "Albin Kurti has become a 'killer' of hope in Kosovo."
This photo, which represents an article, was published on June 10 and 11 on TikTok by several accounts.
But what is the truth?
Such an alleged statement has not been found published in reliable sources. Hibrid.info has previously addressed the same claim (see here).
Link to the image published on TikTok by the account named "mentorialbodollar":
The image with the same claim was also published by two other TikTok accounts, with the names "azempajaziti" and "albialbiii4" (see here and here)
By searching with the keywords of Kadare's alleged statement about Kurti, through "Google", hibrid.info has found that this search engine does not contain any document that would match the above claim (see here).
While in other research regarding any public opinion expressed by the writer about Prime Minister Kurti, hibrid.info has found an informative article that shows Kadare's comments in his book, "Ra ky mort eu pamë" - Ditar për Kosoven, where the author had written about the opponents of the Rambouillet Conference, without directly mentioning Kurti's name, who at that time had publicly expressed his opposition to the agreement that emerged from this conference (see here).
Hibrid.info has not found a public statement by Ismail Kadare from credible sources, where he directly mentions the name of the Prime Minister of Kosovo (see here).
Analyze:
Ismail Kadare's alleged statement, in which Prime Minister Albin Kurti is described as the killer of hope in Kosovo, is untrue.
Based on the public statements found, the writer has never directly commented on the role or personality of Prime Minister Kurti.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates 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.