The suspicious portal with content in the Albanian language, "Promakale.com", published yesterday (November 8) an article regarding the news of a bomb on or near the Court of Appeals in Tirana.
However, this dubious portal has attached an inappropriate photo to this article, which shows the image identifying the Court of Appeal in Kosovo, as well as the logo with the Kosovo flag.
So, through this photo, this dubious portal has left room for misunderstanding among readers, making them understand that the bomb alert is about the Court of Appeals in Kosovo.
The news is clarified only in the content, where it is announced that the event is related to the Court of Appeals in Tirana.
Link to the article published on the dubious portal "Promakale.com":
This article was also shared on Facebook by the “Post Lajme” page, which has over 14 thousand followers. (see here)
After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info has found the authentic article published in the online medium in Albania “ABCNews.al”, which was quoted by the dubious portal “Promakale.com”. (see here)
To further clarify the fact that the photo used by the suspicious portal belongs to the Court of Appeal in Kosovo, hibrid.info has found the same photo published on the official website of the Judicial Council in Kosovo. (see here)
At the same time, the bomb alarm at the Court of Appeal in Tirana turned out to be false. (see here)
Analyze:
The dubious portal "Promakale.com" has published an article regarding the bomb alert at the Court of Appeals in Tirana.
However, this dubious portal has included an inappropriate photo in this article, which shows a picture identifying the Court of Appeal in Kosovo.
This may misinform readers, making them think that the bomb threat incident is related to this judicial institution in Kosovo. Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as “Clickbait”.
rationale:
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.