Doubtful portals with content in Albanian today (August 17) published an article titled "Here is the latest gift from the KSF that came from America and is 'terrifying' Serbs."
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that the title of the article is false, which does not correspond to the content.
The content contains old news, published on April 21, 2021, at a time when the US military had trained KSF drivers in certain military vehicles.
So, there is no military equipment that America has actually provided to the KSF, as claimed in the title.
Link to the article published on the dubious portals "On27.net", "Aktivitetisot.online" and "Onlinenews54.com":
The article was also shared on the social network Facebook by the pages "News Post","Post News","Albanian Diaspora”And“Albanian Estrada".
Besides the fact that this article is old and contains a false headline, the photo used in it also does not correspond to the content.
After researching through the automated online fact-checking program “InVID”, hibrid.info has confirmed that the photo of the military vehicle used in this article is equipment manufactured by the John Cockerill company, while the vehicle is named “Cockerill Series 3000. (see here)
These portals have taken this photo of the "Cockerill series 3000" military equipment, falsely claiming that the US military has gifted it to the Kosovo Armed Forces (KSAF).
After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info found the article published in real time (April 21, 2021) in several online media in Kosovo, which correctly reported on the training of KSF drivers by the US military. This old article was used by dubious portals to create the article with the false claim. (see here and here)
Analyze:
Suspicious portals have published an old article from 2021, which talks about the training of KSF drivers by the US military.
However, they tried to present this article as current, by giving it a fabricated title and photo with the false claim that America has gifted Kosovo a military vehicle.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.