The article titled "Kërset kallashi in north Mitrovica" was published yesterday (January 30) on Facebook by the pages "Exclusive Albania Today", "Shqipet" and "Feja Ime".
This article shared by these Facebook pages is old, published by the dubious portal "gazetaylli.com" on November 18, 2022. (here)
Hibrid.info, after research conducted through online search engines, has managed to confirm that this event occurred on November 17 (2022), and was published in several online media in Kosovo.
The content of this article includes the announcement of the Council for the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms (KMDLNj), the Regional Center in Mitrovica at the time, which, through a reaction, announced that "shortly before 23:00, gunshots were heard in the 'Ibri' neighborhood in northern Mitrovica".
The aforementioned sites have tried to present this old event as current.
Link to the article published on Facebook on January 30 by the pages "Exclusive Albania Today", "Shqipet" and "Feja Ime":
Hibrid.info has managed to find this article published in real time (November 17, 2022) in several online media in Kosovo as "Veriu.info","Botasot.info”And“Gazetainfokus.net".
This is not the first time that this article has been republished as current. The same article was published by the pages “Exclusive Albania Today” and “Feja Ime” on January 16, and was also covered by hibrid.info. (see here)
Analyze:
Several Facebook pages published yesterday (January 30) an old article from November 2022 regarding reports of gunfire in northern Mitrovica.
These pages have tried to present this old event as current.
After verifying the facts based on the work methodology, hibrid.info assesses it 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.