Wrote: Endrit Berisha
It has been claimed that former US President Bill Clinton issued a statement saying that it is time for the US to take over the management of Kosovo, as it has been held by the Europeans for too long.
“I left Kosovo to the Europeans to manage for 20 years. Enough.. now it's our turn (Bill Clinton)” is the caption that the TikTok account named "ferdinand.shehaj" put on a post made on September 12th.
The caption is placed on a photo of former President Bill Clinton.
What's wrong with this content?
The claim that such a statement was made by Clinton is not accurate.
Link to the publication of the "ferdinand.shehaj" account on TikTok:
Such a statement cannot be found in any credible source of information, not even if searched on the online search engine "Google".
Hibrid.info searched on Google with the quote set as a caption (see here), but also with the words "Bill Clinton speaks about Kosovo" (see here). None of the searches for the last week turned up any articles or information with a credible source.
Besides the fact that the alleged publication cannot be found in any credible media outlet, another fact that makes the claim untenable is the spelling errors.
The publication has received over 41 thousand views in more than 24 hours. It has received over 2 thousand likes and 85 comments. Among the comments, it is noticeable that the publication has been taken for granted. (see here)
Analyze:
The claim that former US President Bill Clinton said that America has left the management of Kosovo to the Europeans for 20 years and that now it is the Americans' turn is false.
Hibrid.info has checked the online search engine "Google" and has not been able to find such a statement in any credible source of information.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this claim as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The “Fake News” rating is given to informational content that is entirely fabricated or that contains factually incorrect claims or information. Content that is rated as fake news can be defined as having been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.