The information portal "Fron Online" has published today (September 15) an article titled "Bus collides with truck, two dead and 18 injured."
After verifying the facts by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the title does not disclose the location of the event.
The location of the incident is only disclosed in the content of the article, which states that "a serious accident occurred in the early hours of Friday on the outskirts of Rome, where a bus collided with a truck."
Considering the fact that the information portal was created by a journalist from Kosovo (see about us), to inform most readers are Albanian-speaking (here), the title leaves room for interpretation that the event took place in Kosovo.
Link to the article published by the "Front Online" portal:
Hibrid.info also found articles published in Italian media regarding the event in question, in order to confirm that this is an event that took place in Italy, specifically in Rome. (here, here)
Analyze:
The information portal "Front Online" has published an article regarding the death of two and the injury of 18 people in an accident in Rome, Italy, but the title does not clarify in which country the event occurred.
The online medium “Front Online”, which is a portal operating in Kosovo based on the followers of the Facebook page, has the largest number of readers from Kosovo. Therefore, not clarifying in the title where the event from this portal took place, could very easily result in misinforming readers, making them think that the event took place in Kosovo.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this article as "Clickbait".
Rating:
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.