Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
The Facebook account named "Fleta Press" published an image dated April 7th featuring an article from the information portal "telegrafi.com".
After verification by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the article shown in the photograph, titled "Radoicic threatens Kurt: Time will tell who will suffer and pay in the end" was published in September of last year (2023), information which is not made clear in the image in question.
Publishing an old news story without providing any explanation for the reasons for the post, based on the number of followers (7 thousand) of this account, could be read by the audience as a current event.
Link to the image published by the "Fleta Press" account on Facebook:
After researching using search engines, hibrid.info found the article shown in this image, published by the information portal "telegrafi.com", in September of last year (see here).
The article is about a reaction by the former deputy leader of the Serbian List, Milan Radoićić, published on this political entity's Facebook page (see here).
To prove that the event is not current, hibrid.info has checked and found articles from other media outlets, which reported on Radoićić's reaction in September 2023 (see here and here).
Hibrid.info has previously handled similar publications from the account in question with a tendency to present old news as current (here and here).
Analyze:
Last year's article about a reaction by the former deputy leader of the Serbian List is being republished by a Facebook account.
Failure to specify the reasons and date of publication of the news item may present it as current to the audience.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
"Disinformation" is defined as information content that contains a "mix" of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful attributes, and that is created and/or distributed with the deliberate intention of causing harm. The motive behind the producers/distributors of disinformation content lies in achieving a political, financial, psychological or social goal.