The dubious portal with content in the Albanian language "nowtennews.com" has published today (October 3) an article titled "Get ready from this month, here's how much oil prices will increase."
Hibrid.info has verified the facts presented in this article and has confirmed that the title is a generalization that does not clarify in which country the oil price increase has been announced.
The news is clarified only in the content, which states that during this month (October) there will be an increase in the price of oil in Austria as a result of the increase in the price of CO2 (carbon dioxide) of 30 euros per ton.
Knowing that this dubious portal posts most of the articles related to Kosovo and Albania (see here), creating the opportunity for misinformation among readers, making them think that the news is about one of these countries.
Link to the article published on the dubious portal "nowtennews.com":
This article with a general title was shared on Facebook by the “Gazeta” page, which has over 200 thousand followers. (see here)
After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info managed to find this article published on the Albanian-language information portal operating in Switzerland "albinfo.ch", which clarified in the title that the news is about the state of Austria. (see here)
Analyze:
The dubious portal "nowtennews.com" has published an article about the rise in oil prices in Austria, while the title did not clarify which country it was referring to.
Considering that this dubious portal posts most of the articles related to Kosovo and Albania (based on research conducted by hibrid.info), this generalizing title could misinform readers by making them think that the increase in oil prices is related to one of these countries.
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.