The article titled "Serious incident: Father kills his 4 children, strangling them with a pillow and a knife" was published today (December 16) by the information portal "Kosova-sot.info".
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it turns out that the headline did not make the news and location of this event clear.
The news is clarified only in the content, which states that "In Brazil, a father has killed his four children, reports "Kosova Sot Online". The 28-year-old suffocated them with a pillow and killed them with a knife, as revenge for his ex-wife and the mother of his children."
Knowing that this portal is registered in Kosovo (see here) and most of its readers are Albanian speakers (see here), this may misinform readers that the event occurred in our country.
Link to the article published on the portal "Kosova-sot.info":
To further confirm the fact that the event took place in Brazil, hibrid.info has found the article published in several foreign media outlets that reported on this event. (see here and here)
Analyze:
The title of the article published by "Kosova-sot.info" does not state in which country the father killed his 4 children. The news is clarified only in the content, where it is stated that this event occurred in Brazil.
This news portal operates in Kosovo and its primary readers are from Kosovo, based on the page's Facebook followers. Therefore, by not providing information about the country in question, this news could very easily misinform its 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.