The information portal "Kosova-sot.info" today (August 26) published an article titled "How will citizens receive the bonus money?".
After fact-checking by hibrid.info, it has been 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 citizens over 18 years of age who have lived in Austria for at least 183 days (6 months) will receive a bonus of 500 euros from the state from September.
Knowing that this portal is registered in Kosovo (see here) and most of its readers are Albanian speakers (see here), this may misinform readers that this news is about our country.
Excerpt from the article published on the portal "Kosova-sot.info":
How will citizens receive the bonus money?
Which people will benefit from 500 euros? How much money will the children receive? How should I apply to receive the bonus?
The 500 euro bonus for every resident over 18 years old living in Austria was announced to be distributed from October, but the Austrian government decided to distribute this bonus from September.
Link to the article published on the portal "Kosova-sot.info":
In the content of this article published by the aforementioned portal, 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 the event is related to the Austrian state. (see here)
Analyze:
The portal "Kosova-sot.info" has published an article about the state of Austria, which has decided to give citizens over the age of 18 a bonus of 500 euros, while the title does not clarify which country it is referring to.
This suggests that the news is about Kosovo, knowing that this medium is registered in our country and the majority of the audience are Albanian speakers from 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.