Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
A video has been released from a concert held in Zagreb by Croatian singer Marko Perkovic, known as Thompson, where in the background the audience can be heard singing the song "Mora fħalħa" performed by Shkurte Fejza.
it CONTENT was published yesterday (July 7) on Facebook, by an account named "Rifadije Veliu Nimanaj".
But what is the truth?
Hibrid.info has found that the footage has been modified, interfering with the audio to create the false impression that the song "Mora fështe" was being sung at the concert.
As of the time of writing, this content has received over 500 thousand views, over 13 thousand likes, nearly 400 comments, and over 1 thousand shares.
Hibrid.info has researched and found that the video with the same audio has been shared on TikTok (see here).
In one of Postst on TikTok, based on a comment, the original video was found (see here). Although the source of the audio where the audience is heard singing "Mora fështe" has not been precisely determined, it has been proven that this audio was added onto the authentic video, with the aim of distorting the real content.
Analyze:
The claim that the audience at Thompson's concert in Zagreb sang the song "Mora fħalħa" is untrue.
The audio where the song is heard has been manipulated and does not match the authentic footage of the concert.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses the content as "Fraud" and "Manipulation of facts".
Reasoning:
The “Deception” rating is given to informational content that is manipulated in terms of visual (deepfake, cheapfake), audio, or textual content to deceive the audience. This form of deception is usually used to produce false and manipulated content.
“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.