False claim: There is no evidence that Thaçi is in poor health.
The dubious portal "lajmefree.com" has published an article falsely claiming that former Kosovo president, Hashim Thaçi, is in serious health condition.
After fact-checking by hibrid.info, it turns out that the title of this article is false and does not correspond to the content.
The text contains an old authorial article, written by Faton Mehmeti, published on May 16, 2020 on the "botasot.info" portal.
Mehmeti wrote at the time that Thaçi did not feel well on the show of Albanian journalist Çim Peka and that, according to him, the former president of Kosovo had been asked heated questions.
In this editorial, Mehmeti had alluded to Thaçi that "This man, if things don't go his way, could commit suicide or end up in a psychiatric center. His end is in play, like never before, Thaçi is feeling that his end is not far away."
So, there is nothing true about former President Thaçi being in serious health condition, as falsely claimed in the title of the article published by "lajmefree.com".
Link to the article published on the dubious portal "lajmefree.com":
This article with a fabricated title was also distributed on the social network Facebook by the page "Gazeta Arbëria", which has nearly 50 thousand followers.
Link to the Facebook post from the "Gazeta Aktive" page:
https://www.facebook.com/Gazeta66/posts/4270923333012105
After researching through search engines, hibrid.info has managed to find the authentic article published on "botasot.info" with the authorship of Faton Mehmeti. The link to which can be found below.
Analyze:
The dubious portal "lajmefree.com" has published an old authorial article, which was published in May 2020, which it has tried to present as current by giving it a false title.
Based on fact-checking through the work methodology, hibrid.info has assessed this article as "misinformation".
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.