Online medium with content in Albanian "Gazetablic.com" has published an article titled "The Government rewards municipalities governed by VV, Kamenica, Viti and Podujevo".
However, the headline incorrectly claims that the 3 municipalities mentioned, Kamenica, Viti and Podujevo, are led by the leaders of the Vetëvendosje Movement (LVV).
The article is based on a report by the GAP Institute from Kosovo – “Budget Law 2022: Favoritism and discrimination of municipalities in capital investments?”, published this Thursday (May 26).
Vexcerpt from the article published on "Gazetablic.com":
The author of the article seems to have made a mistake in the title, claiming that the municipality of Viti is also led by LVV. However, this municipality continues to be led by the mayor Sokol Haliti, who comes from the ranks of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). (see here)
Similar news was also published by several other online media, but not with the same title (here, here).
Analyze:
Based on the fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it turns out that the medium "Gazetablic.com" made a mistake when it claimed that the three municipalities "Kamenica, Vitia and Podujeva" are led by LVV.
Based on the methodology of hibrid.info, this article, as a result of the title, receives the rating "Error".
Reasoning:
The "Error" rating is given to media reports in which the media editorial staff made a mistake by publishing incorrect information or broadcasting unverified news from another source, without the clear intention of misinforming the public.