The dubious portal with content in the Albanian language "specialja.com" yesterday (September 1) published an article titled "Financial aid of 300 euros for every citizen".
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that the title is generalizing, not making it clear which country's authorities have made such a decision.
The details of the news are clarified only in the content, where it is announced that in September, workers in Germany will receive 300 euros as part of government measures agreed earlier this year to help people cope with the rising cost of energy.
Knowing that this dubious portal has most of its news about Kosovo (see here), then readers can easily be misinformed into thinking that the article is about Kosovo.
Link to the article published on the dubious portal "specialja.com":
This article with a made-up title was also shared today (September 2) on Facebook by the “specialja” page, which has over 80 thousand followers. (see here)
In the content of this article published by the dubious portal "specialja.com", the Albanian-language information portal operating in Switzerland "albinfo.ch" is cited.
However, after research conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the portal "Albinfo.ch" has correctly reported in the headline that this decision concerns the state of Germany. (see here)
Analyze:
The portal "specialja.com" has published an article regarding a decision taken by a German state authority, which will allocate 300 euros as part of government measures to help people cope with the rising cost of energy, while the title does not clarify which country it is referring to.
This suggests that the news is about Kosovo, knowing that this dubious portal publishes most of the articles related to Kosovo.
After fact-checking based on the work 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.