Wrote: Endrit Berisha
Through posts on several Facebook pages, a news story from a few months ago about the death of a 16-year-old Albanian in Italy has been revived.
“Sad news! Albanian footballer dies in accident” is the title used by these Facebook pages in posts made on Thursday (April 25). On Facebook, these pages have used generalized photos to encourage clicks.
While the Facebook posts do not state when the event occurred, when the article is clicked on, the introduction to the text states that "this news is several months old."
The news on Facebook was shared by the pages "Lajme info", "Gazeta Korekte" and "Ilirida News", with the same description and leading to the same article published by the dubious portal "belmouth.com". (see here, here and here)
The link to the article published by the dubious portal "belmouth.com" which shows that the news is old:
After fact-checking by hibrid.info, it turns out that the news was reported in September of last year. Several media outlets in Albania had reported in the second week of September that 16-year-old Albanian Gabriel Alibeaj lost his life in Italy, after a road accident. (see here and here)
Analyze:
The Facebook posts do not clarify that they are reporting a fatal accident from a few months ago.
Unlike Facebook posts with headlines and photos intended to attract an audience, the article inside shows that the event happened months ago.
Based on its working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this content as "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
“Clickbait” is considered to be informational content whose title is general and does not disclose the location of the event, context and relevance. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the audience with sensational headlines with misleading consequences, which do not accurately clarify the content of the article. “Clickbait” headlines are mainly made to attract readability in the case of media publications and/or to earn from clicks in the case of commercial publications.