The information portal “Kosova Sot” yesterday (September 21) published an article titled “The decision is made: From tomorrow, citizens will not pay bus tickets.” The claim made in the title is incorrect and does not correspond to the content of the article.
The article is about a decision of the Municipality of Pristina, through which it is foreseen that today (September 22), all day long, citizens can use the public transport "Urban Traffic", free of charge. This decision to exempt from payment was taken in honor of the international car-free day.
Link to the article published on "Kosova-sot.info":
Parts of the article published on "Kosova-sot.info":
All citizens using the "Urban Traffic" public transport will not pay their fares tomorrow. This decision to exempt them from paying was taken in honor of the International Car-Free Day.
"Based on the decision of the Municipality of Pristina, in honor of the international car-free day, on 22.09.2022, all citizens who use public transport of NPK "Trafiku Urban" JSC are exempted from payment," the announcement states.
The title of the published article claims that from tomorrow (i.e. today) all citizens who use "NPK 'Trafiku Urban' JSC" will not pay a ticket, despite the fact that the content of the article states that it is only about the date September 22nd.
The article is based on an announcement made by “Trafiku Urban Prishtina” on its Facebook page, which states that “Based on the decision of the Municipality of Prishtina, in honor of the international car-free day, on 22.09.2022, all citizens who use the public transport of NPK “Trafiku Urban” JSC are exempted from payment.” (here)
Analyze:
The information portal "Kosova-sot.info" claims to present the decision to exempt urban traffic users from paying tolls as a decision that comes into force today. But, in fact, this decision foresees that the exemption from payments will only take place today (September 22), in honor of the international car-free day.
Although the content is quoted correctly, the interpretation in the title is incorrect.
Hibrid.info, based on its work methodology, assesses that the claim made in the title is "Babim".
ASSESSMENT
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.