"Gazeta Aktive" has published an article on the social network Facebook about the closure of schools starting Monday.
This article contains a fabricated headline that does not match the text. While the headline warns of school closures, the content contains news about the coronavirus situation in schools in Kosovo.
The "Gazeta Aktive" Facebook page has over 70 followers, while its dubious website is called "ourbdnews24.com".
Text of the article published by "Gazeta Aktive":
If this continues, schools will be closed from Monday, here's why...
Since September, 395 teachers, 240 students, and 35 school staff have been infected with coronavirus in Kosovo.
While 64 teachers, 58 students and 13 staff have recovered.
We recall that since March 13, when the first two positive cases of COVID-19 were reported in Kosovo, the number of infected people has so far reached 30,495. Meanwhile, 849 people have died due to coronavirus infection so far.
"During the last 24 hours, 337 patients have recovered, while the total number of recoveries to date is 17.878 cases, while the number of active cases is 11.768," the 24-hour report of the National Institute of Public Health (NIPHK) states./
Link to the article published by "Gazeta Aktive":
This dubious portal has taken the text of the news about the situation with the Corona virus in schools in Kosovo, to which it has given a different approach by using a false headline.
Below you can see the original article published by several online media outlets:
Analyze:
The title of the article from "Gazeta Aktive" is false and does not match the content. After fact-checking, this article was categorized by hibrid.info as "Disinformation" and "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
Disinformation – A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of accuracy of information.
Clickbait – “Clickbait” are those texts whose title has 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 only intended to click, which can be converted into a profit for the content producer.