The Facebook page "Gazeta Plisi" published today (December 28) a photo from the interior of the "Adem Jashari" Airport, which shows a large influx of citizens.
In the caption of this photo, this page wrote "Live from Pristina Airport hundreds of migrants are leaving Kosovo."
With this caption, this page seems to have tried, through the image of a large crowd of travelers, to claim that there is an increase in the flow of Kosovar emigrants fleeing the country.
From the readers of this page (see here), it is clear that this claim made by this page has implied that many citizens are fleeing into exile, presenting this phenomenon as extraordinary.
Facebook post from the "Gazeta Plisi" page:
Some of the reactions of citizens through comments on this post:
But the large gathering of citizens has nothing to do with an increase in the number of flights. In fact, all this happened as a result of a bomb alert at the "Adem Jashari" Airport, as today (December 28) the Kosovo Police, in the morning hours, received a threatening information about explosive devices at the "Adem Jashari" International Airport in Pristina. (see here Kosovo Police notification)
After the Kosovo Police announced a few hours ago that the threat with explosive devices was a false alarm with specific purposes (here), this has caused some flights to be cancelled and the same have been postponed to a later date. (see here)
To further clarify the fact that this gathering of citizens is not related to any "extraordinary flight" of migrants from Kosovo, the portal "Paparaci.com" has recently produced a video material showing a large number of citizens inside the Pristina International Airport, who have returned after the announcement of the resumption of flights. (see here)
Analyze:
The page “Gazeta Plisi” has published a photo on Facebook showing a large number of citizens at the “Adem Jashari” Airport in Pristina. Through this photo, this page has tried to present this large influx of citizens as something extraordinary.
However, this large number of citizens was created after the resumption of flights, as in the early hours of the morning, Kosovo Police announced that the "Adem Jashari" Airport had been temporarily closed due to a threat with explosive devices.
Based on the work methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this post by "Gazeta Plisi" as "Manipulation of facts".
Reasoning:
The evaluation as "Manipulation of facts" is given to those media reports that use facts known to be correct, but interpret them in a distorted way. These reports typically use inaccurate information to draw inaccurate conclusions or claims, thereby misdirecting consumers' conclusions of media content in relation to the actual meaning of the facts presented.