The information portal "Kosova-sot.info" yesterday (April 3) published an article titled, "Teachers reject the government's offer for salaries."
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the title is generalizing, not making clear the country in which the event takes place.
The news is clarified only in the content, where it is announced that the news that the article refers to, talks about an event that happened in London, England. Knowing that this portal is registered in Kosovo (see here) and most of its readers are Albanian speakers (see here), the title under which the article was written, may misinform readers that this event is about Kosovo.
Excerpt from the article published on the portal "Kosova-sot.info":
Teachers in London are taking part in a protest during a strike over a pay dispute. The vast majority of them have rejected the government's pay offer aimed at ending a series of disruptive strikes, their union said on Monday, announcing the continuation of the strike, Reuters reports.
Link to the article published on the portal "Kosova-sot.info":
Hibrid.info has managed to find the news on “bbc.com” and “independent.co.uk”, to further prove that the event is related to the teachers' strike in England. (see here and here)
Analyze:
The portal "Kosova-sot.info" has published an article that tells about the rejection of the government's salary offer by teachers in England.
Knowing that the medium in question is registered in our country and the majority of its audience are Albanian speakers from Kosovo, the title placed in the article implies that the news item is about an event that occurred in our country.
After fact-checking based on the work methodology, "hibrid.info" assesses 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.