The information medium "EuroNews Albania" published yesterday (February 19) a video material on Youtube, entitled "Scandal with the KLA in The Hague: Even Rexhep Selimi without a lawyer!".
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the title of this video material does not provide complete information, as it does not clarify that one of the lawyers of the former member of the Assembly of Kosovo, Rexhep Selim, has been removed.
The information becomes clear only in the content (here), which shows that former MP Selimi, who is being tried in The Hague on charges of war crimes, has been left without one of his main lawyers.
The failure to clarify the fact that only one of Selim's lawyers has left could mean that he was left without a lawyer in the court case.
Link to the video material published by the medium "EuroNews Albania" on Youtube:
To further confirm that this is about the dismissal of one of the lawyers, hibrid.info has found articles from several Albanian-language media (see here, here and here).
The reports of these media outlets have also been confirmed by Rexhep Selimi's wife, Shqipe Mehmeti Selimi, who, through a post on her Facebook account, said that such a thing is true. (see here)
Analyze:
The claim in the title of a video material published by "EuroNews Albania", which shows that former Kosovo Assembly member Rexhep Selimi has been left without a lawyer, is not clarifying, since in the content of the video material and in several other articles it was found that only one of Selimi's lawyers was removed.
Therefore, based on its work methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this content as "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
“Clickbait” is considered to be informational content whose title is general and does not disclose the location of the event, context and relevance. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the audience with sensational headlines with misleading consequences, which do not accurately clarify the content of the article. “Clickbait” headlines are mainly made to attract readability in the case of media publications and/or to earn from clicks in the case of commercial publications.