The information portal "Kosova Sot" published yesterday (July 8) an article titled "After consuming mushrooms, several members of a family die."
After verifying the facts by hibrid.info, it was confirmed that the title does not indicate in which country the event took place.
The location is understood from the content of the article, which explains that it is about an event that took place in Australia.
Link to the article published by the "Kosova Sot" portal:
The same article was also published as a link attached to a photo with a caption, posted on Facebook. Also, the caption on the photo does not indicate the country that is being discussed in the news (see here).
Hibrid.info has researched and found that the country where the event occurred is understood in the content when it says: "A serious and mysterious event has shocked Australia..."
Given the fact that the information portal is registered in Kosovo (see here) and most of its readers are Albanian-speaking (see here), the title leaves room for interpretation that the news happened in Kosovo.
Hibrid.info also found articles published in foreign media regarding the event in question, in order to confirm that this is an event that took place in Australia (see here and here).
Analyze:
The information portal "Kosova Sot" has published an article regarding the deaths of several people after consuming mushrooms in Australia, but the title does not clarify which country is in question.
The online medium “kosova-sot.info”, which is a portal operating in Kosovo based on the followers of the Facebook page, has the largest number of readers from Kosovo. Therefore, not clarifying in the title where the event from this portal took place, could very easily result in misinforming readers, making them think that the event took place in Kosovo.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this article as "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
The “Clickbait” rating is given to texts whose titles have no basis in the content of the following text. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the reader or even the consumer with a sensational title by promising content that does not actually exist and are created mainly out of financial interest, that is, due to increased readability. So, this type of text is intended only to click, which can be converted into a profit for the content producer.