"Tendentious" headline about the weather

The Albanian portal "KosAlb.net" has published an article titled "Albania is hit these two days by a... Strong forecast emerges", while within the text there is only the weather forecast for the coming days.

The title of this text is exaggerated and appears to have been intended to arouse curiosity and perhaps fear in readers, prompting them to click on it.

Original text published on KosAlb.net:

Albania is being hit every two days...Strong forecast emerges

The weather forecasters from the National Meteorological Service have published the weather forecast for the next two days:

Our country continues to be affected by stable weather conditions and thus the days with clear and hot weather continue. However, starting tomorrow, hot masses from North Africa will gradually penetrate the Balkan region.

In this way, clear weather is expected throughout the territory tomorrow, but at the same time hot. Morning temperatures are predicted to increase slightly from 15°C in mountainous areas to 22°C in lowlands. Midday temperatures are expected to increase by 2-3 degrees and temperatures from 33°C in mountainous areas to 37-38°C in lowlands.

Likewise, on Saturday, there will be clear weather throughout the territory, except for a few passing clouds in the mountainous areas. The wind for these two days will blow from the south, mainly light, with a speed of 1-10m/s.

Analysis:

The title is left in this form because the Albanian audience has been shocked over the past year due to the successive earthquakes that occurred in this country. But in fact, the title of this text is just an incentive to click on the article. This news falls into the category of “Clickbait” and “Manipulation of facts”.

Reasoning:

Clickbait – “Clickbait” are those texts whose title has 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.