Several Albanian-language online media outlets from Albania and Kosovo have published an article with the news that the owner of the American company "Amazon", Jeff Bezos, is staying with his yacht in Saranda.
Some of the media outlets that have published such an article have titled it "Jeff Bezos in Saranda with his super-yacht?".
In fact, it is true that the yacht allegedly owned by the richest man in the world, named "Flying Fox", has been docked off the coast of Saranda. However, it is not confirmed whether billionaire Bezos himself was on this yacht.
Also, the claim that the yacht "Flying Fox" is owned by the owner of Amazon is not confirmed.
Links to publications of this news in some online media:
The claim that multi-billionaire Bezos stayed in Saranda has been linked by the media to several articles previously published by prestigious international media, where it is assumed that the yacht in question was purchased by him (here), but not taking it as good news.
And, since this yacht was docked yesterday (August 25) in Saranda, the media has taken it for granted that Bezos himself must be on this yacht, but without confirming such a thing.
According to an article by “businessinsider.com” published on August 4, 2019, it is said that this claim was initially created by a post by a Twitter profile named “Yashar Ali”, who works as a journalist in Turkey, who claimed that this yacht was standing on the coast of Turkey and that it was owned by Bezos. The Turkish journalist later deleted this post, although it had previously been shared by several other profiles, which featured a photo of the yacht “Flying Fox” and the caption:
"Amazon workers collapse from heat exhaustion in warehouses where the heat index exceeds 100°F so Jeff Bezos can buy a new yacht."
The claim that this yacht was purchased by Bezos, according to "businessinsider.com", has been denied by representatives of the company "Amazon", which Bezos leads (here)
The veracity of the claim that Bezos owns this yacht has also been disputed by other media outlets. Some of them state that the data on Bezos' ownership of this yacht is based only on reports by some Italian media outlets.
https://www.superyachtfan.com/yacht/flying-fox/
In fact, on the website known for credible publications about yachts and ships, “boatinternational.com” (here), in the article dedicated to what they call “the most expensive yacht ever”, there is no mention at all of the claim about Bezos’ ownership. It only says that this yacht was built by the German company “Lürssen” (here).
Analyze:
Fact-checking has confirmed that the media outlets that published articles claiming that Bezos is staying in Saranda have not confirmed the news.
Based on hibrid.info's methodology, articles with such claims were assessed as "Unverified Content".
Reasoning:
The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.