The Facebook page "Specialja", which has nearly 90 thousand followers, yesterday (July 22) posted an article published by the dubious portal "gazetaz.com"titled "Serbs demand immediate removal from Kosovo, Vučić holds urgent meeting with the Quint group".
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that this article contains a fabricated title, while it was published in online media in Kosovo on March 22.
That this article contains a fabricated title has been proven based on the fact that the content does not present what is claimed in the title, so it does not say that "Serbs threaten to leave Kosovo", but rather to leave the institutions of our country.
After research conducted by hibrid.info, it was found that the authentic article was published by the information portal “Gazetablic.com”, which contains the correct title “All the ‘threats’ of the Serbian List for removal from Kosovo institutions”. (see here)
Link to the article published on Facebook by the "Specialja" page:
This page, in this post made yesterday (July 22), has managed to collect hundreds of comments and reactions from readers. (see photo below)
The article published by "Gazetablic.com" has also been cited by several other online portals, but they have changed the title. (see here and here)
The news published on March 22 by "Gazetablic.com" was about the decision of the Kosovo authorities to prohibit Kosovo Serbs from voting in the Serbian elections, which were held on April 3 of this year.
As a result, the Serbs had threatened to leave all Kosovo institutions, including the police, to hand over their weapons and to peacefully and democratically oppose the authorities in Kosovo.
Analyze:
The "Specialja" Facebook page has posted an old article from March, to which it has given a fabricated title claiming that "Serbs are threatening to leave Kosovo."
Besides the fact that the news is old, the title also does not correspond to the content, as the article states that Kosovo Serbs had threatened to leave the institutions and not the country.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
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.