The portal "kosova-sot.info" has published an article titled "This footballer wants to leave the Swiss National Team".
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it turns out that the title and photo of this article do not correspond to the content in the text.
The title claims that it is about a footballer, but the text reveals that it is about the coach of the Swiss national football team, Vladimir Petkovic, who wants to leave this position.
Also, this article includes a photo of the Kosovo footballer, Andi Zeqiri, who has rejected the Kosovo national team, agreeing to defend the colors of the Swiss national team.
With this photograph and established title, "kosova-sot.info" may misinform readers, implying that footballer Zeqiri has requested to leave the Swiss national team.
Excerpt from the text of the article published on "kosova-sot.info":
Vladimir Petkovic wants to leave his position as coach of the Swiss national team, just a few months after guiding the Swiss national team to its best performance in a major tournament at Euro 2020.
The 57-year-old coach has notified the Swiss Football Federation that he wants to terminate his cooperation agreement with it.
Link to the article published on "kosova-sot.info":
https://www.kosova-sot.info/sport/558468/ky-futbollist-kerkon-te-largohet-nga-kombetarja-e-zvicres/
In fact, the news that Petkovic wants to step down as coach of the Swiss national football team is true, but not the claim made by "kosova-sot.info" through the headline.
Authentic news published in the Swiss media - "Blick.ch":
Analyze:
The portal "kosova-sot.info" has published an article where it writes about the coach of Switzerland, Petkovic, who has asked to leave this national team. However, in the title it falsely claimed that it was about a footballer.
Also included is a photo of the Kosovo footballer, Andi Zeqiri, who has agreed to represent Switzerland.
After fact-checking analysis conducted by hibrid.info, this article is rated as "misinformation" and "clickbait".
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.
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.