The TikTok account named "KosovariPress" has published today (July 05) a video material in which it is claimed that former US President Bill Clinton, during his visit to Tirana, warned of Albin Kurti's tragic end in his speech.
The video footage is captioned as follows: "Bill Clinton warned of a more terrible end than Berisha for Albin Kurti!"
But hibrid.info has verified the facts and has proven that the claim raised as such does not hold true.
Link to the video material published on TikTok by the "KosovariPress" account:
Hibrid.info, in order to refute the claim raised, has researched and managed to find the full speech in written form and through images, of the former American president, during his visit to Tirana (see here and here).
Hibrid.info has found that, to support the claim, the account in question has received a video material prepared by "Pamphlet" (see here).
The actual story was actually prepared based on the statements of Kreshnik Spahiu, a lawyer and opinion leader, who commented on the former president's visit, in a direct connection with the "EuroNews Albania" television (see here).
Hibrid.info has researched and confirmed that even on Spahiu's Facebook account (see here), but also in the interview given to "EuroNews Albania", he did not make statements like those reflected in the "Pamphlet" chronicle.
Analyze:
Based on the verification of the facts, it has been proven that the claim that Bill Clinton warned of a more terrible end for Albin Kurti than Berisha does not hold true.
Such a claim was not found published in the speech of former US President Bill Clinton. Nor was it found as such in the public statements of lawyer Kreshnik Spahiu, from whose statements the video material was allegedly created.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses these posts 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.