The information portal "sot.com.al" published today (January 27) an article titled "Serious/ Shooting at a school, one dead reported."
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the title of the article is a generalization, which does not clarify in which country the event occurred.
The news is clarified only in the content, which states that "Two high school students, ages 16 and 17, were killed Friday in a shooting in Chicago, USA."
Given the fact that this information portal is registered in Albania (see here) and the contents published by this portal are in Albanian, the title in question leaves room for misinformation among readers that the event occurred in a school in one of the Albanian-speaking countries.
Link to the article published on the portal "sot.com.al":
Hibrid.info has found the article published in several foreign media, which explains that the event took place in Chicago, USA. (see here and here)
In addition to the generalizing title, hibrid.info has also confirmed that the photograph included in this article does not belong to this event that occurred in the USA.
After research conducted through the automated program "InVID", hibrid.info has found that the image belongs to an event that occurred in June 2023 in Bosnia.
The image was found published in an article by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in the English language service. (see here)
Screenshot of the article published on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in the English language service
Analyze:
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that an information portal has published an article about an event that occurred in the USA, but which does not clarify in the title which country the event occurred.
In addition to the title, this article also included an inappropriate photograph, which after research has been confirmed to be from an old event that occurred in Bosnia.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this article as "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
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.