Several Albanian-language portals have published an article claiming that the American magazine "Time" has placed a photo montage on its cover, combining a photograph of Russian President Vladimir Putin with that of Adolf Hitler, with the caption "The Return of History."
Hibrid.info has verified the facts in this article, where it has been confirmed that "Time" magazine has not published such a cover and that this is just a work of art created by a person named "Patrick Mulder".
Portals like “Top-channel.tv” and “Gazetashqiptare.al” have fallen prey to this photo, which they have published as a given. (see here and here)
The last part of this cover shows the name of the person who made this photo montage. Hibrid.info has managed to find his Twitter profile, where he posted this work, announcing that this is a reworking that he made of the cover of Time magazine. (see here)
"This is the second edition of a rework I did on the cover of this month's TIME magazine. I felt the official choice was somewhat uninspired," it says in the caption of this photo.
During research through search engines and social networks, hibrid.info managed to find the real cover of "Time" magazine, which shows another illustrative photograph, showing a tank with several soldiers. (see here)
Analyze:
Several Albanian-language portals have fallen prey to a photo montage, which they published with the claim that the American magazine "Time" has combined the photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin with that of Adolf Hitler on its cover.
After verification by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that this is not true and that the same is a work of art created by a person named Patrick Mulder, whose name is also at the bottom of this cover.
This person published the same photo montage on his Twitter profile with the caption that this is a reworking of the one he made for the cover of this month's TIME magazine.
Hibrid.info has managed to find the authentic cover published by Time magazine, which in the illustrative photograph features a tank with several soldiers.
After fact-checking analysis based on the work methodology, hibrid.info has assessed the article published on Albanian portals 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.