The dubious portal "Specialja.com" has published a news story, based on an interview with German virologist Christian Drosten, where he talks about the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the possibility of another lockdown.
In this article titled "Drosten: "We won't get rid of masks easily," no details are presented that prove what is claimed through the question raised in the title.
Original article published by Specialja.com:
Germany's top doctor says whether all of Europe will be locked down again in winter or not
German doctor Christian Drosten's interview with DW has answered many of our questions.
First, he was asked how long we will have to live with the corona pandemic? But he said that it is difficult to make global forecasts, and referring to Europe, he stated that there are situations with different difficulties. / We invite you to open the marketing for 5 seconds and exclusive images appear!
Link to the Specialja.com article:
According to a brief research, it turns out that the text published in the aforementioned article was taken from an interview that this German virologist conducted with Deutsche Welle.
Link to the interview on DW:
https://www.dw.com/sq/drosten-nga-maskat-nuk-do-t%C3%AB-shp%C3%ABtojm%C3%AB-leht%C3%AB/a-54985469
Analyze:
This article can be categorized as "Clickbait" since the content does not justify the title, as well as "Disinformation", since it claims to present something that, in fact, the German virologist did not say in the interview given to Deutsche Welle.
Reasoning:
Clickbait
“Clickbait” are those texts whose title has 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 only intended to click, which can be converted into a profit for the content producer.
Disinformation
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.