The dubious portal "ingazetaa.com", today, January 19, has published an article titled "Finally, the WHO official gives good news for Europe. Here's what is expected to happen."
After fact-checking analysis by hibrid.info, it turns out that this dubious portal has taken a piece of old news published on August 21st of last year, claiming to present it as current.
Text of the article published on "ingazetaa.com":
Finally, the WHO official gives good news for Europe. Here it is çWhat is expected to happen?
Now good news comes from the WHO for Europe. Hans Kluge says that "We can manage the virus and keep the economy functioning" so we need hope and we are waiting for the world to start breathing again.
So we are waiting for good news. The number of infected people is decreasing, although in some areas there is an increase, but the virus no longer has the same effect as before.
The virus is losing its power. It's flu season now in the fall and it will be a bit of a problem, but we hope we can overcome it successfully.
European authorities say that we expect good days in 2021, the end of covid. We hope that we will successfully overcome this second wave, the daily.
Link to the article published on "ingazetaa.com":
Below you can find links to the authentic article published in real time by several online media in the Albanian language.
https://www.evropaelire.org/a/30795334.html
https://indeksonline.net/zyrtari-i-obsh-se-nuk-ka-nevoje-per-masa-shtese-te-izolimit-ne-evrope5/
Analyze:
The suspicious portal “ingazetaa.com” has used part of an old news, which it has published as current. This article has also been shared on the “Gazeta” page on Facebook, which has over 170 thousand likes. After verification by hibrid.info, it turns out that this article is categorized as “misinformation” and “clickbait”.
Reasoning:
Disinformation – 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 accuracy of information.
Clickbait – “Clickbait” are those texts whose title has 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 only intended to click, which can be converted into a profit for the content producer.