Wrote: Altina Marmullaku
The headline claimed that Liridona Ademaj's brother declared on November 16 of this year that her children had witnessed Ademaj's murder.
What's wrong with this article?
But, after clicking on the article, there is not a single piece of information except that it says "November 29 marks one year since the tragedy that shocked all of Kosovo, the murder of Lirdona Ademaj, a 30-year-old from Gjakova."
"The shocking statement of Liridona Ademaj's brother: The children saw everything!", is the title of this article published by the dubious portal "bilgininadresi.net".
Statement by Liridona Ademaj's brother, given to the media "Telegraph" on November 16th it was, "The children are most concerned about the fact that they were in the car and how their father squeezed their mother's arm at the critical moment so that the murder could be carried out as easily as possible."
Analyze:
Through the title of an article published by a dubious portal, it is alleged that Liridona Ademaj's brother has declared that her children witnessed the murder of their mother. The article is titled "Shocking statement of Liridona Ademaj's brother: The children saw everything!".
However, after clicking the link, no such statement appears in the article.
Hibrid.info has managed to find the statement of Liridona Ademaj's brother given to Telegrafi.com, in which he stated that "The children are most concerned about the fact that they were in the car and how their father squeezed their mother's arm at the critical moment so that the murder could be carried out as easily as possible."
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses the article published by the dubious portal "bilgininadresi.net" as "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
“Clickbait” is considered to be informational content whose title is general and does not disclose the location of the event, context and relevance. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the audience with sensational headlines with misleading consequences, which do not accurately clarify the content of the article. “Clickbait” headlines are mainly made to attract readability in the case of media publications and/or to earn from clicks in the case of commercial publications.
This article was prepared as part of the project 'Countering Disinformation through Innovation and Experimental Learning', supported by the Embassy of the United States of America in Pristina. The article has been verified by the Hibrid.info team and experts engaged to ensure compliance with our fact-checking methodology. This article contains factual verifications, but does not necessarily reflect the views of Hibrid.info or the US Embassy.