The article titled "The president of the Football Federation is dismissed" was published yesterday (January 11) by the information portal "Kosova-sot.info".
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it turns out that the title of this article does not make the news clear, by not providing information on which state federation this dismissal occurred.
The news is clarified only in the content, where it is announced that "Noel Le Graet, president of the French Football Federation FFF, has been suspended from his duties and vice-president Philippe Diallo has been appointed acting interim president."
Knowing that this information portal is registered in Kosovo (see here) and most of its readers are Albanian speakers (see here), this may misinform readers that the dismissal took place in the Kosovo Football Federation, which is headed by Dawn Adam.
Link to the article published on the portal "Kosova-sot.info":
Excerpt from the article published on the portal "Kosova-sot.info":
Noel Le Graet, the president of the French football federation FFF, has been suspended from his duties and vice-president Philippe Diallo has been appointed acting interim president, BFM television said on Wednesday, citing unidentified sources.
This came after an emergency meeting of the French Football Federation's executive committee.
After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info has managed to find the authentic article published on the French television portal "BFM", which was also quoted by the portal "Kosova-sot.info". (see here)
Analyze:
The title of the article published by "Kosova-sot.info" does not clarify in which country the dismissal of the president of the Football Federation took place, while the news is clarified only in the content, where it is announced that the case in question occurred in France.
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 at the Kosovo Football Federation.
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.