The portals "kosova-sot.info" and "gazetademos.com" have published an article presenting a news item related to a decision to apply bans on tobacco purchases in New Zealand.
However, the titles of these articles published by these two Kosovo online media outlets are generalizing and do not clarify where this news comes from, leaving room for misinformation.
Knowing that these portals are registered in Kosovo and most of their readers are Albanian speakers, this may misinform readers that the article is about Kosovo, as the news is only clarified after clicking on the article.
Excerpt from the text of the article published on "kosova-sot.info" and "gazetademos.com":
Headline in Kosova Sot: State is ready to adopt law to eliminate smoking within a few years
Headline in the Demos Newspaper: Cigarettes are banned for people born after 2008
Part of the article text:
New Zealand will ban the sale of tobacco to the next generation, in an effort to finally eliminate tobacco use.
Everyone born after 2008 will not be able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products during their lifetime, according to a law expected to be passed next year.
“We want to make sure that young people never start smoking,” said Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verall.
Links to the article published on "kosova-sot.info" and "gazetademos.com":
Analyze:
The Kosovo portals "kosova-sot.info" and "gazetademos.com" have published an article about the ban on the sale of cigarettes to people born after 2008 in New Zealand, but they did not clarify in the title which country they were referring to.
Knowing that these portals are registered in Kosovo and the vast majority of their readers are Kosovars, this could misinform them, implying that this event is about the Kosovar state.
From the fact-checking analysis conducted by hibrid.info, these articles are rated as "clickbait".
Reasoning:
The “Clickbait” rating is given to texts whose titles have no basis in the content of the following text. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the reader or even the consumer with a sensational title by promising content that does not actually exist and are created mainly out of financial interest, that is, due to increased readability. So, this type of text is intended only to click, which can be converted into a profit for the content producer.