The information portal "Kosova-sot.info" published yesterday (December 13) an article titled "Serious incident: A person enters a supermarket and attacks three people with an axe."
After verifying the facts in this article, conducted by hibrid.info, it turns out that the title does not make clear the news and location of this event, while the news is clarified only in the content, which states that "In France, a person entered a supermarket and attacked three people with an axe."
Knowing that this information portal is registered in Kosovo (see here) and most of its readers are Albanian speakers (see here), this may misinform readers that the event took place in our country.
Article published on the portal "Kosova-sot.info":
In France, a person entered a supermarket and attacked three people with an axe, reports "Kosova Sot Online".
Two of the people are in serious condition.
The perpetrator was also injured after attempting to attack himself with an axe.
Link to the article published on "Kosova-sot.info":
To further confirm the fact that the event took place in France, hibrid.info has found the article published in several French media. (see here and here)
Analyze:
The title of the article published by "Kosova-sot.info" does not state in which country this event occurred.
The news is clarified only in the content, where it is announced that this event took place in France.
The information portal "Kosova.info" is a portal that operates in Kosovo and whose primary readers are from Kosovo (based on the page's followers on Facebook). Therefore, by not providing information about the country in question, this news could very easily misinform its readers, making them think that the event took place in Kosovo.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this article as "clickbait".
Reasoning:
The “Clickbait” rating is given to texts whose titles have no basis in the content of the following text. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the reader or even the consumer with a sensational title by promising content that does not actually exist and are created mainly out of financial interest, that is, due to increased readability. So, this type of text is intended only to click, which can be converted into a profit for the content producer.