Allegations have been published that the chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the UK Parliament, Alicia Kearns, takes orders from the British secret service MI6.
Hibrid.info found this claim published in the Serbian media outlet "Happy TV", which is suspected of being close to the ruling political parties in Serbia (see here, here and here).
This article claims that, on orders from the British secret service MI6, Kearns is protecting Kosovo's Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, with her life.
Link to the article published on the Serbian television portal "Happy Tv":
Following research conducted by hibrid.info, the content of the article published by "Happy TV" cites a website called "The Grayzone".
This website, dated July 27, published the article titled "Is British intelligence pushing for a new war in Kosovo?" (see here)
This article states that within the British parliament, no legislator has been more outspoken in condemning sanctions against Kosovo than Alicia Kearns, whom the author also calls a close ally of various Kosovo officials.
The author of this article, Kit Klarenberg, claims without evidence that Kearns is a "veteran psychological warfare and operational specialist of British intelligence" and “her deliberately concealed professional resume contains strong suggestions of a background as an MI6 officer who has deployed dark arts in a multitude of Western theatres of conflict”.
After research conducted through online search engines regarding this website (The Grayzone), reports from credible British and other international media outlets were found which assess it as a website that publishes articles in the "conspiracy theory" category, as well as making misleading reports. (see here and here)
Hibrid.info has gone even further in verifying this website, and research provides additional facts regarding its reliability.
Colorado-based media watchdog Ad Fontes Media, best known for its Media Bias Chart, which rates media sources for political bias and credibility, has released its overall bias and credibility scores for the website The Grayzone. (See here)
Based on this organization's research, it appears that the reliability of the website "The Grayzone" is estimated to be 27.51%, an extremely low ranking according to their evaluation methodology.
Although the credibility of the website "The Grayzone" is assessed to be of a low level of reliability, hibrid.info has nevertheless addressed the claims made in the article about British MP Kearns.
In a short biography of MP Kearns published in the British media outlet "Politics.co.uk", there is no mention that she has or has had any closeness to the British MI6 service, as claimed in the leaked articles. (see here)
Excerpt from Kearns' biography, published on "Politics.co.uk":
Alicia Kearns is the Conservative MP for Rutland and Melton (United Kingdom Parliament constituency) after being first elected to Parliament in the 2019 general election.
In October 2022, Alicia Kearns was elected Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee of the House of Representatives of the British Parliament.
Born in 1987, Alicia Kearns was educated at Cambridge University. She worked on counter-terrorism at the Foreign Office, and later as a consultant, advising several foreign governments on their response to ISIS terrorism.
Analyze:
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the media outlet close to the government in Serbia, "Happy TV", has published an article claiming that the chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the UK Parliament, Alicia Kearns, takes orders from the British secret service MI6.
A similar claim has been made by the English-language website “The Grayzone.” After research conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that this website publishes misleading reports and articles categorized as conspiracy theories.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates these claims as "Conspiracy Theory".
Reasoning:
"Conspiracy theories" are media reports that disseminate a false or unverifiable description of a phenomenon, event, or person, presenting it as part of or the result of a secret plan ("conspiracy"). A characteristic of these reports is that they present a series of claims, presented as facts, between which cause-effect relationships are established, without providing any credible evidence.
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.