The Facebook page “Pamfleti.com” published today (November 18) an article titled “Former Croatian President Mesić 'Shakes' Belgrade: The Kosovo-Serbia border is inviolable, not even Milosevic managed to change it”.
After fact-checking by hibrid.info, it was found that this news is old, published on November 19, 2021, by the dubious portal with content in the Albanian language – “fakte.buzz”. (here)
The news is related to the statements of former Croatian President Stipe Mesic about the inviolability of the borders of states in the Western Balkans, emphasizing the fact that all wars in the Balkans have been fought because of borders.
hibrid.info has found the article published in real time (September 19, 2019) also in several Albanian-language media.
This page, which has around 75 followers on Facebook, has published old news, claiming to present it as current.
Link to the article published on "Pamfleti.com":
This article was published in real time (September 19, 2019) in several Albanian-language media outlets, at the moment when the former Croatian president was speaking to DW about the situation in the Western Balkans. So, the news is old, while this site has tried to present it as current.
After researching through search engines, hibrid.info found the article published in real time (September 19, 2021) in several online media in Kosovo. (here, here)
The interview published by DW has also been found. (here)
Analyze:
The Facebook page "Pamfleti.com" has published an old news item from September 2019, claiming to present it as current.
The news was about statements made by former Croatian President Stipe Mesic, who, in an interview with DW, spoke about the situation in the Western Balkans and the border issue.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates it 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.