Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
A newly published article is claiming that the terrorist group known as the Islamic State (ISIS) has threatened Kosovo and Albania.
This article was published on Monday (April 22) by the portal "lecanton27.ch", which calls itself the first Albanian newspaper in Switzerland.
But what's wrong with this article?
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it was confirmed that this news is from 2015, when ISIS had released a video threatening several countries, calling them the "coalition of devils", among which were the flags of Kosovo and Albania.
Link to the article published by the portal "LeCanton27.ch":
This ISIS threat was reported from November 25, 2015 onwards. Among the international media that reported at that time was the British media outlet "Mirror.co.uk". (see here)
In addition to this medium, hibrid.info has also managed to find footage of this video broadcast on the South Korean medium "Arirang News" published on November 27, 2015. (see here)
Analyze:
The portal "LeCanton27.ch" has published an old news story from 2015, related to the threat that ISIS had made against several countries, among which were the flags of Kosovo and Albania.
This article was published on April 22 of this year by the aforementioned portal, without indicating that it is about 9 years old information.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
"Disinformation" is defined as information content that contains a "mix" of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful attributes, and that is created and/or distributed with the deliberate intention of causing harm. The motive behind the producers/distributors of disinformation content lies in achieving a political, financial, psychological or social goal.