Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has posted on Twitter a photo of an article published by a Greek media outlet showing queues of vehicles at a crossing point on the Greek-Bulgarian border. Rama wanted to confirm his claim that large queues are also being formed at other border crossings, not just the Albanian-Greek ones.
Meanwhile, the photograph published by Rama turned out to be part of an article published in 2016, not corresponding to the current time and the context he wanted to present.
Rama's full post:
According to the newspaper 'Ekathimerin', the queue of cars waiting from Bulgaria at the Kulata customs in Greece was 10 km long, while the queue of trucks reached 15 km! But the Bulgarian President did not come out to blame the government nor did he call the citizens without a homeland or a state! Ilir, learn that Albania does not owe you anything!
The publication date of this article posted by Prime Minister Rama was revealed by officials of the Democratic Party of Albania as well as several media outlets.
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Verification:
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info assessed that Prime Minister Edi Rama's statement was fake news, disinformation, manipulation of facts, and unverified content.
Reasoning:
Fake news – the author has posted an article that does not respond to the post.
Disinformation – the author of the news has published a photo that does not confirm the alleged announcement through the post.
Unverified content – the author has written content without supporting arguments.
Manipulation of facts – the author has used accurate information to draw incorrect conclusions or claims.