Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
A video material is published, on the cover of which is placed the inscription "The decision is made, the Ibar Bridge opens".
The video was published today (August 28) on the official channel of the medium "NTV Television", on Youtube.
Is the Ibar Bridge open?
After research conducted by hibrid.info, this claim is incorrect. There is no official decision to open the Ibar Bridge.
Link to the video material published on Youtube by the NTV Television channel:
Cover attached to this video:
After verification, it was found that the video material contains several television news reports and events related to Kosovo. None of them contain any announcement indicating that the decision to open the Ibar Bridge has been made.
Hibrid.info has also conducted a research through the search engine “Google”, using the keywords “opening of the Iber Bridge”. According to the results of this search, no confirmation was found that the decision to open the bridge has been made (see here).
Analyze:
The claim that the decision to open the Ibar Bridge has been made is incorrect.
After detailed verification, it was discovered that the video contains various television news reports related to Kosovo, but does not include any official announcement about the opening of the bridge.
Furthermore, a Google search with the words "Ibar Bridge opens" did not find any articles confirming such a decision.
Therefore, based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Disinformation" and "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
"Disinformation" is defined as information content that contains a "mix" of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful attributes, and that is created and/or distributed with the deliberate intention of causing harm. The motive behind the producers/distributors of disinformation content lies in achieving a political, financial, psychological or social goal.
“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.