The portal "Periskopi.com" has published an article titled "He was severely criticized for lighting a cigarette in the middle of the show, Andin Lokaj reacts: They are small for me."
Hibrid.info, after verifying the facts in this article, has confirmed that this event is related to a hidden camera made at Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK) as part of festive broadcasts.
While "Periskopi.com" does not clarify in the title that the incident is related to a hidden camera, and this becomes clear only in the content.
Excerpt from the article published on "Periskopi.com":
The hidden camera that Andin Lokaj, together with another journalist colleague, had prepared for well-known Kosovo football figures on Radio Television of Kosovo for the end of the year, has aroused dissatisfaction among the audience.
The part that sparked reactions was the hidden camera that found the well-known Kosovar judge, Genc Nuza, as its 'victim', writes Periscope.
Link to the article published on "Periskopi.com":
Similar articles related to this event have been published by several other portals, but they have placed quotation marks in the title (Andin Lokaj “on the laws of Kosovo” – lights a cigarette on RTK premises). (see here, here).
Below you can find the link to the hidden camera video published by RTK:
Analyze:
The portal "Periskopi.com" has published a hidden camera footage made for the end of the year by RTK, but in this article's title it does not clarify that it is a joke, implying that the event is real.
After fact-checking analysis based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article 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.