The information portal "Kosova-sot.info" yesterday (August 8) published an article titled "Alarming: Rising energy prices could close many bakeries."
However, after verifying the facts presented in this article, conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the title does not clarify in which country such a development is occurring.
This is only revealed in the content, which states that rising energy prices threaten to lead to a wave of closures in the Dutch bread sector.
Knowing that this Albanian language information portal is registered in Kosovo (here) and that the majority of its audience is from this country (based on followers on their page in Facebook), including the fact that the title does not clarify which country it is referring to, allows readers to be misinformed, leading them to insinuate that it is about Kosovo.
Excerpt from the article published on the information portal "Kosova-sot.info":
Rising energy prices threaten to lead to a wave of closures in the Dutch bread sector, industry lobbies warned today, and some businessmen say costs have risen up to tenfold.
Dutch statistics show that inflation reached 12 percent in August as gas and electricity prices rose 151 percent year-on-year.
Link to the article published on the information portal "Kosova-sot.info":
Analyze
The title of the article published by "Kosova-sot.info" does not state in which country closures are being announced in the bread sector due to rising electricity prices.
The information portal "Kosova.info" is a portal that operates in Kosovo and whose primary readers are from Kosovo, based on the page's followers on FacebookTherefore, by not providing information about the country in question, this news could very easily misinform its readers, making them think that the developments are related to 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.