Yesterday (November 20), the Serbian media "Novosti.rs" published an article titled ""NOVOSTI"" article confirmed: Extremists are preparing protests against Vučić in Tirana (PHOTO)"
However, within the article, apart from the photographs of yesterday's protest organized in Tirana, there is no other evidence that confirms the claim made the day before by this medium.
In an article published on Sunday (November 19), this media outlet claims that the protest organized in Tirana to oppose Aleksandar Vučić's visit was carried out in collaboration with Sali Berisha and Ramush Haradinaj.
This Serbian media outlet bases this claim on, as it writes, "their sources", but without providing other details that could indicate the institution within which they were able to obtain this information.
This article mentions details that this protest was organized by Sait Dollapi, former secretary of the Democratic Party, and Agron Kuliçaj and Sali Lushaj, whom the author describes as the closest people to the former president and prime minister of Albania, Sali Berisha. However, apart from the sources of this media, the author does not provide any facts that prove the claim.
The article further states:
Our well-informed interlocutors claim that Berisha personally contacted Ramush Haradinaj to ensure the presence of at least 100 people from Kosovo in this protest.
That's why Lushaj and Dollapi went to the southern province of Serbia (Kosovo) yesterday to organize the arrival of extremists in Tirana tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and this operation was also supported by the current Prime Minister of the Provisional Institutions in Pristina, Albin Kurti.
Link to the "Novosti.rs" article published on November 19:
In the title of the second article about this event, the intention is to present the event (protest) as confirmation of the first article.
However, apart from the photos from the protest, in the second article, there is no fact to support the claim made in Sunday's article, as claimed in the title.
Excerpt from the second "Novosti.rs" article published on Monday, which allegedly confirms the previous claim by this medium:
T: "NOVOSTI" article confirmed: Extremists are preparing protests against Vučić in Tirana (PHOTO)"
Albanian extremists, with the ample help of politicians from Kosovo, have prepared protests against the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, who is staying in Tirana as part of the "Open Balkans" initiative. They have even set up a stage for the protesters in the center of Tirana - "Novosti" learns.
Meanwhile, the rest of the content of this article consists of the statements made in the article published the day before.
According to our sources, the organizers of the protest are Sait Dollapi, former organizational secretary of the local DP, and Agron Kuliçaj and Sali Lushaj, the most trusted people of former president and prime minister Sali Berisha.
Our well-informed interlocutors claim that Berisha has personally contacted Ramush Haradinaj to ensure the presence of at least 100 people from Kosovo at this protest. Read more about him by CLICKING HERE!
Article link published on December 20:
So, in the second article about this event, what is claimed in the first article is not confirmed, except for the photographs of the event.
The call for protest was made public on Sali Berisha's profile on Sunday at 12:45 (see here). The same information was also distributed in the media, immediately after this publication.
Meanwhile, the Serbian media's claim that the photos of the protest organization are confirmation of the claim made appears to be irrelevant.
One of the politicians mentioned in this article, Ramush Haradinaj, has also reacted against this claim. In a statement to “Gazetaexpress.com”, he described these claims as “fairy tales” (see here).
Analyze:
The Serbian media outlet "Novosti.rs" intended to present the photographs of the protest organized on Monday (November 20) as confirmation of the claim made a day earlier that the organization of this protest was done in collaboration between Sali Berisha and Ramush Haradinaj.
However, apart from these photographs that prove the organization of the protest, which was public, this article does not contain any other facts that argue the claim about the method of organization, as written in the article of Sunday (December 19).
Since the second article does not confirm the claim made in the article from the previous day, hibrid.info assesses this as "Unverified Content".
Reasoning:
The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.