The Facebook page "Specialja" today (July 22) published an article titled "Prices of oil, eggs and milk are rising again / Here are the prices."
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that the report on the price increase of these products is old, published on May 26th.
Link to the article published on Facebook by the "Specialja" page:
This May article states:
Edible oil was 2 euros and 72 cents yesterday, while the day before it was sold at 2.58.
Meanwhile, eggs have become more expensive by more than 10 cents, while milk has risen by 3 cents over the last 24 hours.
"Sunflower edible oil - Floil, 1 liter, 2,72 cents, was 2,58. Eggs - Konson, 30 pieces 3,38 was 3,21. Tetrapak milk - Vita 3.2%, 1 liter 1,05 was 1/03", the Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) announced.
After research conducted by hibrid.info, on the website of the Kosovo Agency of Statistics in the "prices" category on July 22, it is noted that the price of milk in "tetrapak" packaging has decreased from 1 euro and 12 cents to 1,10 per liter.
The price of a liter of oil has not changed over the last 5 days, remaining at 2 euros and 82 cents.
Only, the price of eggs (pack of 30 pieces) has increased in the last three days, from 3 euros and 77 cents to 3,95. (see here)
To further clarify the fact that the article published by the "Specialja" page is old (May 26), hibrid.info has managed to find the same article published in real time in several online media in Kosovo. (see here and here)
Analyze:
The "Specialja" Facebook page has published an old article (May 26) regarding the price increases for some basic products, which it has tried to present as current.
During fact-checking, hibrid.info has confirmed that this article is outdated. Although the prices of these products currently remain high, some of them have not changed in price in recent days.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as "Disinformation" and "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
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 information accuracy.
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.