Wrote: Endrit Berisha
"Biden's personal message to Thaçi: 'Keep the faith, things will get better,'" is the title of an article published on Monday (August 26).
The article with this title was originally published by the Albanian-language medium "epokaere.com".
What's wrong with this title?
Unlike the title, which leaves room for misinterpretation, the "epokaere.com" article in the introduction indicates that it is a letter from 2019.
Link to the article published by the online medium "epokaere.com":
At the time, Joe Biden was in the opposition. He had written a letter to Hashim Thaçi (then president of Kosovo) in February 2019, after meeting at the Munich Security Conference in February 2019.
The letter was published by Thaçi on Facebook in March of that year, and was re-updated by his former advisor, Artan Behrami, who republished on August 26. Behrami emphasized the handwritten message from Biden. “Keep the faith, things will get better,” Biden wrote at the end of the letter of thanks for the meeting he had with Thaçi. The article by “epokaere.com” is based on Behrami’s post.
The article by "epokaere.com" has also been distributed in other Albanian-language media (ekonomiaonline.com and gazetametro.net)
History:
Hashim Thaçi resigned as president of Kosovo on November 5, 2020, after confirming that he had been indicted by the Specialist Chambers for war crimes and crimes against humanity. He was elected president in 2016. The trial of Thaçi and other former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army continues at the Specialist Court in The Hague.
Joe Biden has taken over the position of President of the United States since January 2021. He has decided not to seek a second term in the November elections this year.
Analyze:
The Albanian-language media outlet has published an article about a letter from current US President Joe Biden to former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi, without indicating in the title that it is a letter from 2019.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this article 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.