Several dubious portals yesterday (July 31) published an article titled "Oil prices rise again, here's how much it went up tonight."
From fact-checking, hibrid.info has confirmed that this article is old, published on April 3 of this year.
These dubious portals like "ingazetaa.com" and "live14daily.com" have published this old article with the claim of presenting it as current.
Link to the article published on suspicious portals:
This old article was also shared yesterday (July 31) by several Facebook pages like "Gazeta","Real Newspaper”And“News from the World".
After researching online search engines, hibrid.info managed to find the article published in real time (April 3) by several online media in Kosovo, which at the time had reported on the increase in the price of oil in several stores. (see here, here and here)
To further clarify the fact that this increase in the price of oil is not current, hibrid.info has researched this issue on the website of the Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS), in the category of average prices of items, clarifying that there has been no increase in the price of oil in Kosovo. (see here)
In this ASK table, it becomes clear that the current price of "Sunflower Edible Oil - Floil, 1 liter" is 2.82 cents, while this price has not moved since July 16. (see photo below)
Analyze:
Doubtful portals have published an April article regarding the increase in oil prices, claiming to present it as current with its re-publication on July 31.
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.