Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
Through one posting It is alleged that Democratic League of Kosovo MP Doarsa Kica-Xhelili commented on the December 18 rally of the Vetevendosje Movement, where the list of candidates for MPs was presented.
The caption of this post says "Kica-Xhelili, WHEN I SAW THE CROWD IN THE 1 OCTOBER HALL TONIGHT, I PANICED". This post was published yesterday (December 19) on TikTok by the account “dardanis_foley".
The truth?
After research conducted by hibrid.info, it was confirmed that such a statement was not made by Kica-Xhelili. The same post was found published on Facebook by a satirical page "Specbook".
Hibrid.info searched Google with the keywords "Kica-Xhelili WHEN I SAW THE CROWD IN THE 1 OCTOBER HALL TONIGHT, I PANICED", but that such a statement has not been found published in any credible source. (see here)
Also, on Kica-Xhelili's official Facebook page, there is no such statement made by her. (see here)
After searching through the automated program "InVID", hibrid.info found that this image with the same caption was published on Facebook by the satirical page "Specbook".
Analyze:
Through a TikTok post, it is alleged that LDK MP, Doarsa Kica-Xhelili, said that "when I saw the crowd in the October 1st hall tonight, I panicked," referring to a LVV rally during the presentation of the list of candidates for MPs.
Hibrid.info has confirmed that such a statement was not made by the LDK MP, but was found published by a satirical website.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses the content published on TikTok as "Satire".
Reasoning:
The “Satire” rating includes informative content that uses literary devices such as mockery and irony to interpret various developments that occur. This in itself does not constitute a problem as long as it is made known that the content in question is satirical or the publisher is known as a satirical publisher. The purpose of including this rating in the methodology is to show that this type of content is taken for granted in certain situations regardless of the fact that it is satirical content. So in such cases, if a text fails to clarify that it has satirical content, it can be understood as true and, consequently, can create a wrong opinion in the audience.