Pages and groups on social networks, especially those on Facebook, have published a photo, through which they claim that Driton Selmanaj took his son with him on the trip to Washington.
As evidence for this claim, these groups have presented a photo showing several members of the Kosovo delegation disembarking from the plane. In this photo, in addition to other members of the delegation who traveled to meet with Serbian representatives in Washington, there is also a woman carrying a child. As can be seen, the woman is underlined in red, implying that she is holding Selmanaj's son.
A photo was shared yesterday (August 31) by many groups, pages and profiles on social networks, especially on Facebook.
However, the Prime Minister's Office immediately denied this information. The Prime Minister's Office told the portal indexonline.net that the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Driton Selmanaj, did not take his son with him on this trip.
Further in the indexonline.net article, photographs of Selmanaj's children were published, which apparently do not resemble the child in the previous photo.
Fake news: The child with the Kosovo delegation in the US is not Driton Selmanaj's!
Analysis:
From the fact-checking analysis, it appears that the claim made through the photo published on social media is untrue. As a result, this post is categorized as disinformation, fake news, and unverified content.
Reasoning:\
Disinformation
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.
Fake news
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.
Unverified content
The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.