Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
Cheering for the Spanish national football team player, Rodrigo "Gibraltar is Spanish", during the celebration in Madrid, after Spain won the European Football Championship title, is being claimed to be a "Spanish episode" of the saying "Kosovo is Serbia".
This claim was made by the Serbian language media outlet "B92.net", in an article published today (July 16).
Link to the article published in the Serbian language media outlet "B92.net":
https://www.b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti/40395/rodri-u-spanskoj-epizodi-kosovo-je-srbija-video/vest
Excerpt from the "B92.net" article, translated into Albanian:
Rodri in the Spanish episode "Kosovo is Serbia" VIDEO
The best player of the European Championship, Rodri, has created an "international incident" during the title celebration. Rodri sang "Gibraltar is Spanish" in Madrid on Monday night, touching on a long-standing dispute with Great Britain.
A little context:
According to the United Kingdom Government, Gibraltar is a British overseas territory. (here)
The Spanish Foreign Ministry claims that Gibraltar was ceded to the United Kingdom by the Treaty of Utrecht. However, only “the city and castle of Gibraltar together with its port, the defences and forts belonging to it” were ceded. The isthmus, like the adjacent waters or the airspace above it, was not ceded by Spain and has always remained under Spanish sovereignty. The continued de facto occupation by the British does not meet the requirements of international law for the acquisition of sovereignty. This is why Spain has always stressed that the occupation of the isthmus is illegal and contrary to international law and has therefore always demanded its unconditional return. Spain does not recognize the occupation of the isthmus or the fence as a border. (here)
Let's get back to the issue at hand:
The Serbian-language media outlet B92.net links Rodri's "Gibraltar is Spanish" call without facts to, as it calls it, the Spanish episode of "Kosovo is Serbia."
Analyze:
The media outlet in question claimed without evidence that the call made by the Spanish footballer "Gibraltar is Spanish" is a Spanish episode of the call "Kosovo is Serbia".
The media outlet "B92.net" has titled this article "Rodri in the Spanish episode 'Kosovo is Serbia'", which translates into Albanian as "Rodri in the Spanish episode 'Kosovo is Serbia'".
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as "Manipulation of facts".
Reasoning:
“Factual manipulation” is a rating given to informational content that uses facts known to be accurate but interprets them in a distorted manner. These reports typically use accurate information to draw incorrect conclusions or claims, thereby misleading consumers of media content about the actual meaning of the facts presented.