The information portal "Demokracia.com" published yesterday (May 16) an article titled "Scandalous, national football player arrested for bribery!".
After verifying the facts presented in this content, hibrid.info has confirmed that the title of the article is a generalization, which does not indicate which national football player is in question.
The news is clarified only in the content, which states that "South Korean national team player Son Jun-Hou was arrested in China on suspicion of receiving money, allegedly influencing the outcome of the match."
Considering that this information portal is registered in Kosovo (see here), this may misinform readers that it is about a Kosovar footballer.
Link to the article published on the "Democracy" portal:
To further confirm the fact that the news is about the arrest of the South Korean national football player, hibrid.info has found the article published in the British media "Reuters", which is quoted in the "Demokracia.com" article. (see here)
Screenshot of the article published on "Reuters.com"
Analyze:
The information portal "Kosova-sot.info" has published an article regarding the arrest of a South Korean national football player, but the title does not clarify which national team is in question.
This online medium is a portal that operates in Kosovo and based on the followers of the Facebook page, the largest number of readers are from Kosovo. Therefore, not providing information about the location of the incident could very easily misinform readers, making them think that the arrest is related to a Kosovar footballer.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this article as "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
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.