The media in Kosovo published an article yesterday (January 14) claiming that there will be an easing of movement measures. The media justify this claim with an official document published by the Ministry of Health (MoH), which presents details about the easing of measures.
However, through fact-checking, it was noticed that this document, the proposal of the Ministry of Health, does not refer to the current time. The document obtained by the portal "Telegrafi.com" states that the proposed measures will enter into force on December 23 of last year, just before the end-of-year holidays.
Such an omission was also noticed by readers. Following comments made on the post of this article on the Telegraf Facebook page regarding the issue of the date, the editorial staff appears to have deleted the last part of the document, where the date is presented.
But despite this, commentators have managed to preserve the earliest image of the document, namely the date part, and have posted it in the comments.
Part of the document originally published by Telegrafi.com, which shows the date 23.12.2020:
Also, in this article by Telegrafi.com, but also by other media outlets about the reduction of measures, data and details are provided on the extension of the hours for movement and business, but in no case is the date of presentation of this proposal by the Ministry of Health or its review by the Prime Minister mentioned. In addition, the article does not even mention the date when the new measures proposed by the Government of Kosovo will enter into force.
Links to the article published by Telegrafi.com:
Apparently, this MoH proposal was signed by the acting Prime Minister, Avdullah Hoti, to enter into force on December 23 of last year, but was postponed for reasons that have not been made public.
Analyze:
It is not clearly understood why the Ministry of Health document published by Telegrafi.com states that the proposal for new anti-covid measures will enter into force on December 23 of last year. The reason for the interference in the document, by deleting the part where the date was placed, is also not known. The editorial staff of Telegrafi.com has not provided any explanations for the interference in the document.
At the same time, this editorial has not made it clear when the proposed measures will come into effect. Considering these two doubts, it turns out that this article can be categorized 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.