The dubious portal with content in the Albanian language "albasky.com" published yesterday (March 25) an article titled "Turkish journalist: How dare the state sell drones to Albanians, when they don't even know how to use a mobile phone."
After fact-checking by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that this article contains a false title and content.
From research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info has managed to find the authentic article published in several online media in Kosovo and Albania, in June 202. However, in these articles it is not true that the Turkish journalist, Sirin Payzin, said that Albanians do not even know how to use a mobile phone, as claimed.
So, the author of this article published on "albasky.com" appears to have intentionally changed the title and content, changing the Turkish journalist's statement.
Excerpt from the text of the article published on "albasky.com":
Turkish journalist Sirin Payzin has commented on the Albanian government's decision to purchase drones from Turkey. Through Twitter posts, the journalist asks "against whom will Albanians use drones, and how will they use them when they don't even know how to use cell phones?!"
She goes even further with the irony when she writes: "Why don't we sell (the Albanians) the S – 4θθ rockets?"
Link to the article published on "albasky.com":
The article with a false title and content was also shared on Facebook by the page "Gazeta Aktive". (see here)
In the article published in real time by several credible Albanian-language media outlets, it is correctly explained that the Turkish journalist had commented on the Albanian government's decision to purchase drones from Turkey.
Meanwhile, through posts on her Twitter account, Payzin had raised the question of who the drones to be purchased from Albania would be used against, ironically adding why we don't also sell S-400 missiles to (the Albanians).
Links to the article published in several online media in Albanian can be found here. here, here and here.
Analyze:
The dubious portal "albasky.com" has published a commentary by Turkish journalist Sirin Payzin, who in June 2021 had reacted to the Albanian government's decision to purchase drones from Turkey.
This dubious portal has changed this comment by the Turkish journalist, falsely claiming that she said "How dare the state sell drones to Albanians, when they don't even know how to use a cell phone."
From the fact-checking analysis based on the working methodology, hibrid.info has assessed this article as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The "Fake News" rating is given to media reports that are entirely the product of a medium that itself contains factually incorrect claims or information.
Content that is considered fake news can be reliably determined to have been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.