The portal "Lecanton27.ch", which calls itself "the first Swiss newspaper in the Albanian language", published a photo on its official Facebook page on February 24, claiming that it was footage from the meeting of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) for the establishment of the Women's Forum Branch in Switzerland.
Only male participants are seen in the photo and the caption reads "This also happened: LDK today founded the branch of the Women's Forum in Switzerland without a single woman?!...Look at the photo, all men..".
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that this claim is unfounded since the photo has been cropped, while the original photo also shows female participants, and other images published by LDK also show women.
Link to the post published by "Lecanton27.ch":
https://www.facebook.com/100057128651896/posts/971296298117983/?mibextid=oFDknk
Hibrid.info has found the official post of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) published on February 24, which shows footage from the meeting held. (see here)
The post indicates that two different meetings were held, one for the establishment of the Women's Forum in Switzerland and the other for the Youth Forum there.
Excerpt from the LDK post:
"This Saturday, the Women's Forum and Youth Forum Branches were established in the Eastern branch in Switzerland, as well as the Dubendorf sub-branch. Then, in an atmosphere of joy and trust in Winterthur, the anniversary of Kosovo's independence was celebrated."
Among the photos posted by LDK, a photo was also found through which the portal "Lecanton27.ch" claims that only men were present at the founding of the Women's Forum. In this photo published on the official website of LDK, female participants are also seen, which confirms the fact that the photo in question was cut from the aforementioned portal, where only male participants are seen.
Comparison of the photo published by the portal "Lecanton27.ch" and the one by the LDK
Analyze:
Through a cropped photo taken from the LDK meeting in Switzerland, the portal "Lecanton27.ch" claimed that during the establishment of the Women's Forum, all participants were men.
But after verifying the facts, hibrid.info found that the photo was cropped and that the original photo also shows female participants, as well as other images posted by LDK that also feature women.
Based on its work 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.