A Facebook page with content in Albanian has published today (February 7) an article titled "Warm days are coming to an end/ Polar storm hits our country, the weather forecaster reveals details: The next day..".
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the article is about weather forecasting in Albania and that it is old.
So, the site in question published an article about the weather forecast for November 16th of last year, which it presented as current.
Link to the article published by the "Live News" page" on Facebook:
Hibrid.info, during its internet searches, found the original article about the weather forecast published by the Albanian medium "tvklan.al' dated November 16, 2023. (see here)
To further confirm the fact that the weather forecast from the “Live News” website is old, hibrid.info has found the published weather forecast for this week in Albania from the “Military Meteorological Service” website, where it is seen that there will be no deterioration in the weather. (see here)
Analyze:
A Facebook page, using an old article about the weather forecast in Albania, has published it as current, warning that a polar storm will hit the country.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this article as "clickbait".
Reasoning:
“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.