In an article published today (August 10) on the Serbian-language information portal "Srbijadanas.com", the headline claims that Albanians are preparing for an attack, with a question mark at the end.
The article is based on a Facebook post by Kosovo's Minister of Defense, Armend Mehaj. The article published on "Srbijadanas.com" is titled "Are Albanians Preparing for an Attack? Minister from Pristina Said 'We Are Ready'", with "Albanians", this medium, through the title, alludes to the institutions of Kosovo.
After verification by hibrid.info, it is assessed that the title of the article does not correspond to the content.
Link to the article published on "Srbijadanas.com":
Excerpt from the article published on "Srbijadanas.com":
Defense Minister Armend Mehaj of the so-called Kosovo said that the province's armed forces are ready to defend every corner of the territory.
As he emphasizes, their goal is to raise the capacities of the KSF to the level of NATO armies.
However, we will work to increase efficiency even more. Regarding transparency and accountability, we remain committed to raising it to the highest level. The Ministry of Defense will be open to the public for everything that the public is allowed to have access to, except for classified information. We will prepare and strengthen the Army of the Republic of Kosovo every day, it is ready to protect every corner of the territory of the Republic. Raising our army to the level of the armies of NATO countries is our mission that we will definitely fulfill.
Although the title uses a question mark, the statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kosovo, presented in the content, does not mention anywhere the allegation of an attack. Minister Mehaj, in his Facebook post, states that: "We will prepare and strengthen the Army of the Republic of Kosovo every day, it is ready to protect every corner of the territory of the Republic". (see here)
Analyze:
The article of the information portal "Srbijadanas.com" raises the claim in the title about the preparation of Albanians for an attack, posed in a question form, which does not correspond to the content of the article.
The content includes Minister Armend Mehaj's post, which does not mention any preparations for an attack by Albanians, but emphasizes that the Kosovo army is ready to defend every corner of its territory. So the title does not reflect the content.
After verifying the facts based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as "manipulation of facts".
Reasoning:
The evaluation as "Manipulation of facts" is given to those media reports that use facts known to be correct, but interpret them in a distorted way. These reports typically use inaccurate information to draw inaccurate conclusions or claims, thereby misdirecting consumers' conclusions of media content in relation to the actual meaning of the facts presented.