An image is published with the caption "Don't plan plane trips to Europe.".
it CONTENT This claim was published on Friday (April 17) on Facebook, by a page called "Gazetavip.com".
What's wrong with the inscription?
The caption presents a warning statement by IEA head Fatih Birol as a direct order to the public and attributes to him a statement not found in his original interview.
Home who published the claim has 496 thousand followers, while the same claim In this way, it was also published by the site called "Gazeta Minuti".
Both of these contents have a link to the article attached in the comments section, where the content is explained in more detail (see here and here).
After clicking the link, unlike the caption, at the top of the article "The head of the International Energy Agency has warned that Europe has about six weeks of jet fuel left..” it is clarified that this is information based on a statement.
These texts report that Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), in an interview with the international news agency Associated Press (AP), has warned that Europe may have about six weeks of jet fuel reserves and that, if oil supplies remain blocked, there could be price increases and flight cancellations "soon."
The articles claim that he also said that people should not plan trips to Europe for about 5 weeks, until further notice.
Because it was claimed that Birol's statements came from an interview with AP, hibrid.info researched using the search engine "Google", with the words "fatih birol ap" (see here).
Google search results showed the AP article, an interview with the head of the IEA for the news agency, which was published on Thursday (April 16), with the headline "AP Exclusive: Europe has 'maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left,' energy agency head warns", or in Albanian "AP exclusive: Energy agency head warns Europe could have 'about 6 weeks' of jet fuel reserves." (see here)
The content of this article confirms the reported statements of Birol from the two texts mentioned above. However, the claim that he stated that no trips should be planned after about five weeks is not found in the "AP" text. Therefore, Birol gave a prediction and possible risk in case the crisis continues and not for direct orders or advice.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is an autonomous intergovernmental organization headquartered in Paris, founded in 1974, which provides policy recommendations, analysis and data on the global energy sector with 32 member countries (see here).
Analyze:
The warning "Do not plan plane trips to Europe" is untrue.
The caption is based on an interview with the Associated Press (AP) by the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, who spoke about a possible jet fuel supply situation in Europe, estimating that there could be about six weeks of reserves if supply disruptions continue.
But he has not warned the public not to plan air travel to Europe, as is claimed.
Therefore, based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Manipulation of facts".
Reasoning:
“Factual manipulation” is a rating given to informational content that uses facts known to be accurate but interprets them in a distorted manner. These reports typically use accurate information to draw incorrect conclusions or claims, thereby misleading consumers of media content about the actual meaning of the facts presented.