The information portals "Kosova-sot.info" and "Insajderi.org" published yesterday (October 19) articles with the titles "Here's when the final decision on visas will be made" and "The final decision on visas is expected to be made this month."
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that these headlines are inadequate, as their content does not contain any details that support it. All that is presented in the content of this article is only a statement by professor and LDK member, Valon Murtezaj, who in the "Frontal" show on T7 television, expressed optimism that the final political decision on visa liberalization, according to him, will be taken in December.
So, the headlines of these articles present the opinion and prediction of a person who is not related to the process in question and, by not mentioning it or placing it as a quote from the authors of the articles, makes it understood by the audience as an official position and accepted news.
Links to articles published on the portals "Kosova-sot.info" and "Insajderi.org":
"The final, political decision is the main one. It will be made sometime in December. I am optimistic that it will be taken positively. And then the date when you can travel is a period of several months," Murtezaj said, among other things, on the Frontal show on T7.
You can find the excerpt from Murtezaj's statement regarding the issue of visa liberalization here. here.
Headlines with quotes that are not in quotation marks can confuse readers, seriously assessing the relevance of the news without realizing that it is a personal opinion. (see here the meaning of using quotation marks in sentences)
Analyze:
The portals "Kosova-sot.info" and "Insajderi.org" have published this statement by Professor Valon Murtezaj, who expressed optimism that the final political decision on visa liberalization will be made in December.
However, the titles of these articles do not make it clear that they are opinions. So, these titles only claim that "This is when the final decision on visas will be made" and "The final decision on visas is expected to be made this month."
From the fact-checking analysis conducted by hibrid.info, the article published by "kosova-sot.info" is rated as "clickbait".
Reasoning:
“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.