Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
The article titled "Osman's threat to Kurti for a second term: 'If you don't make me president, you will have trouble with the USA'" has been published.
This content was published on Wednesday (February 4) by the media as "Paparazzi.com","Veriu.info","Mitropol.net”And“GazetaPapirus.com".
What's wrong with the title?
The allegation of Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani’s “threat” to acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti stems from an article in the German newspaper “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” (FAZ), but this is not made clear in the headline. The lack of clarification of the source of the information presents the allegation as if it were a direct statement by Osmani.
The introduction of the articles begins with the wording: “Vjosa Osmani's appearance on the stage of the signing ceremony of the Peace Board, initiated by Donald Trump, hides a greater political purpose."
Following this formulation, unlike the title, the source of the information is clarified within the articles, emphasizing that "The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung has raised serious accusations that the president of Kosovo is using this closeness (with Trump) to secure a second term as head of state."
FAZ's claim is presented in detail within these texts, explaining that it is based on anonymous sources.
Excerpt from the text:
"According to sources cited by FAZ, this strategy is also accompanied by an indirect threat to the political scene. FAZ said that a well-informed interlocutor in Pristina has shown how Osmani indirectly "threatens" Trump.
“The threat is: 'If you don't re-elect me as president, you will have trouble with the US,'” FAZ wrote. “A few years ago, such a calculation might have worked.”
The articles also contain the image of the article featured in the newspaper, titled "Die Trump-Keule", written by journalist Michael Martens.
Hibrid.info has verified the website of this medium and found the same ITEM, which bears the title: "Is Osmani Trumps the Candidate?", which in Albanian means: "Is Osmani Trump's candidate?"
in the original text of FAZ, a section was found claiming that Vjosa Osmani is trying to present herself as "Trump's candidate" to compensate for the lack of support within the country, exploiting the importance of the United States of America (USA) for Kosovo as a factor that could ensure her uncertain re-election.
The article writes that according to a well-informed source in Pristina, Osmani behaves like Trump's favorite towards the public and MPs and, indirectly, uses her ties to the US as a means of pressure, "threatening" that "if you don't re-elect me as president, you will have trouble with the US."
Part of the FAZ text translated with “ChatGPT”:
“To compensate for the lack of domestic support, Osmani has been trying for weeks to present herself as ‘Trump’s candidate.’ The calculation behind this is clear: the US is a decisive factor for Kosovo, not only because of the Camp Bondsteel military base in the south, but also because of the entire history of the new state. This labeling could ensure her re-election, which would otherwise be very uncertain. Osmani behaves towards the public and members of parliament as Trump’s favorite and, according to a well-informed source in Pristina, she indirectly threatens with her (allegedly) good contacts with the Trump “clan” as a kind of pressure. The threat is: ‘If you don’t re-elect me as president, you will have trouble with the US.’”
This means that it is an interpretation of Osman's actions, also based on an anonymous source, but not a direct statement from her.
Likewise, FAZ did not mention the acting Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, in the allegation of threats.
Hibrid.info has also come across other articles in Albanian that have reported on this and other claims mentioned in the FAZ text, whose headlines emphasize that the German newspaper is the source of these claims (see here, here, here, here and here).
Analyze:
The claim that Vjosa Osmani is indirectly threatening politics in Kosovo with "trouble with the US if she is not re-elected president" was reported by FAZ.
However, some Albanian-language media outlets have presented this claim as a threat to Kurti, without clarifying the source of the information, leaving the impression that it is a direct statement by Osman.
Therefore, based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates these titles as "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
“Clickbait” is considered to be informational content whose title is general and does not disclose the location of the event, context and relevance. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the audience with sensational headlines with misleading consequences, which do not accurately clarify the content of the article. “Clickbait” headlines are mainly made to attract readability in the case of media publications and/or to earn from clicks in the case of commercial publications.