"Top Channel" television has published the show "Breaking with Fiori Dardha" on its official YouTube channel, the title of which reads "Serbian forces 'DEGRADE' the border with Kosovo! Are tensions starting? Billions of euros for an anti-missile system."
Lawyer Tomë Gashi was invited to this show, and he spoke about the issue of the Serbian dinar in Kosovo, as well as Kosovo-Serbia relations.
The sentence in the title "Serbian forces 'devour' the border with Kosovo" in this show was asked in the form of a question by the journalist, to which Gashi responded that these are just Serbia's games.
As for the sentence "Billions of euros for an anti-missile system", nothing was ever mentioned about this weapons system in this show.
Link to the show "Breaking with Fiori Dardha" on Top Channel:
Excerpts from the conversation:
Journalist: We are dealing with a tense situation, given that the Kosovo Minister of Defense has also said that there are increased security forces on the Serbian border, and Serbia has undoubtedly fortified and brought more forces to the border, but Kosovo has also taken all measures by increasing security troops there.
Gashi: We are not playing the role of a warmonger and Serbia can bring military and paramilitary police forces all over the Kosovo border, but this is child's play because even Vučić knows that there is no theoretical possibility of openly intervening to destabilize or occupy Kosovo, whether to attempt to swallow up part of Kosovo or all of Kosovo, because they are using this for internal issues.. (see here video from minute 19)
As for the sentence used in the title "Billions of euros for an anti-missile system", Gashi has never spoken about this weapons system.
Gashi used the term "billions of euros" only when talking about the funds Serbia receives from the European Union, not about this amount spent on the anti-missile system, as claimed in the title. (see here video from the 23rd minute)
Because this title is inadequate and does not match the content, hibrid.info has also found several comments, where readers have described the title as "bombastic". (see pictures below)
Analyze:
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the title of this show does not match the content and that some terms used in it were never mentioned by the journalist or the guest, in this case lawyer Tomë Gashi.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses this claim in the title 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.