Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
An article titled "Elezi: For the first time, Belgrade will control nine municipalities in Kosovo".
it CONTENT was published yesterday (October 14) on the official Facebook page of "Radio Television 21".
What is the truth?
The statement of security expert Bedri Elezi does not match the title of this article.
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The headline reports on Elezit's statement, which states that, "Security expert Bedri Elezi said on RTV21's "Click" show that it is the first time in a country in the world that nine municipalities are led by terrorist organizations.
The article then continues with Elezit's full statement, which, even according to Hibrid.info's verification, turns out to be different from what was rumored, as in the quote he does not conclude, but speculates.
Elezit's statement quoted in the article, and supplemented by Hibrid.info:
"It is perhaps the first time in Kosovo that official Belgrade will control nine municipalities that are led by the terrorist organization, Lista Srpska, as the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo has considered, taking into account the fact that the public address of the president, prime minister, speaker of the parliament, government, is a state position, it is striking that this is the first time that in a country in the world nine municipalities are led by a terrorist organization and official Belgrade, Vučić, has shares in nine municipalities."
The headline emphasizes Elezit's statement about Belgrade's control over nine municipalities in Kosovo, but the security expert does not state this, but leaves room for inaccuracy, as he says "maybe it's the first time...".
Elezi also complements this statement with statements by state leaders, who, according to him, have considered the Kosovo Serb party, the Serbian List, a terrorist organization.
Analyze:
Title "Elez: The first time Belgrade will control nine municipalities in Kosovo" only partially reflects the statement of security expert Bedri Elezi.
In his statement, Elezi said that "Official Belgrade will control nine municipalities that are led by the terrorist organization, Lista Srpska, as considered by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo.", adding that "It's striking that this is the first time in a country in the world that nine municipalities are led by a terrorist organization, and official Belgrade, Vučić, has stakes in nine municipalities."
So, the title emphasizes the aspect of Belgrade's control, but it does not include two essential parts of the statement, which are: its assumption using the term "maybe" and the claim that this control, according to Elezit, is carried out through a terrorist organization (Serbian List).
Therefore, based on its work methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this content as "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
“Clickbait” is considered to be informational content whose title is general and does not disclose the location of the event, context and relevance. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the audience with sensational headlines with misleading consequences, which do not accurately clarify the content of the article. “Clickbait” headlines are mainly made to attract readability in the case of media publications and/or to earn from clicks in the case of commercial publications.