The Facebook page called "Live News" published today, Thursday (March 21) an article titled "Friday brings storms, rain and snow! The thermometer drops by several degrees".
But, after fact-checking by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the article shared by this Facebook page was published on the website of the dubious portal "livenews10.com", on November 17 of last year (2023).
The lack of clarity on the time context of the published information makes the title general, while also, based on the number of followers of the page (73 thousand), hibrid.info estimates that the article could be read by a significant number of readers, who may take the news for granted.
The text published on the website of the dubious portal "livenews10.com", before the article title, also has the publication time written, which marks the date November 17, 2023 (see here).
Also, the same article was found published in real time by the information portal, “albeu.com”, in Albanian, on November 17 (see here).
Analyze:
The title of an article published today (March 21) claiming that there will be storms, heavy rain and snow in Albania on Friday is a generalization, as it does not disclose the time context of the information.
Hibrid.info, after verifying the facts, found that the article was published in November of last year and provides information about the time it was published.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses the content as "Clickbait" and "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
“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.
"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.