Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
A Facebook account named "Fleta Press" published yesterday (March 28) an image depicting the current leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Lumir Abdixhiku, next to the former leader of this party, Isa Mustafa.
While the publication contains the caption "Latest news", the image is accompanied by text claiming that Lumir Abdixhiku has introduced Isa Mustafa as the LDK candidate for prime minister.
After checking and verifying the facts by hibrid.info, it has been proven that this claim is untrue.
Based on some of the comments in the publication, hibrid.info estimates that the audience may read the announcement as true.
Link to the image published by the "Fleta Press" account on Facebook:
Hibrid.info has found that the same image has been published by several other Facebook accounts (see here).
Some of the comments in the publication / see photo:
After researching the LDK websites using search engines (here and here) dedicated to information as well as on the official profile of Mayor Abdixhiku on Facebook (see here), in recent reports, no publication has been found that confirms the claim in question.
While the latest information found regarding the candidate for prime minister from this subject, are the statements of the chairwoman of the Women's Forum in LDK, Jehona Lushtaku Sadriu, reported today (March 29) by several media outlets, stating that Lumir Abdixhiku will be the LDK candidate for prime minister (see here, here and here).
To further refute the above claim, hibrid.info has found that the photo showing Abdixhiku and Mustafa next to each other depicts the moment of the presentation of the current LDK leader, when he joined this political entity in 2017 (see here).
Analyze:
The claim through an image announcing that Lumir Abdixhiku has introduced Isa Mustafa as a candidate for prime minister is incorrect.
Such an alleged announcement has not been confirmed, while the photo showing Mustafa and Abdixhiku was taken in 2017, when the latter had become part of the LDK.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses the content as "Fake News".
Rating:
The “Fake News” rating is given to informational content that is entirely fabricated or that contains factually incorrect claims or information. Content that is rated as fake news can be defined as having been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.