The information portal "Kosova-sot.info" published yesterday (March 21) an article titled "Former Prime Minister Admits: I Defrauded Parliament".
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the title is a generalization that does not clarify which country's prime minister is being referred to.
The news is clarified only in the content, where it is announced that "former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has admitted that he misled Parliament about holidays that broke Covid rules, but denied that he did it intentionally."
Also, the article is illustrated with a photograph with the caption "Latest news" which in fact does not correspond to the content, knowing that the information portal "Kosova-sot.info" is registered in Kosovo (see here) and most of its readers are Albanian speakers (see here), this may misinform readers that the breaking news event is about Kosovo.
Link to the article published on the information portal "Kosova-sot.info":
Excerpt from the article published on the portal "Kosova-sot.info":
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has admitted misleading Parliament about holidays that broke Covid rules, but denied doing so intentionally.
Johnson has published a 50-page defense. In it, he says his assurances to MPs that lockdown rules were being followed were made in "good faith." The former prime minister has been embroiled in a scandal dubbed 'Partygate' after hosting several parties during the pandemic, Kosova Sot Online newspaper reports.
To further prove the fact that the incident is related to former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, hibrid.info has found the article published in several foreign media. (here, here)
Analyze:
The portal "Kosova-sot.info" has published an article that speaks of the fraud of parliament by the former prime minister.
However, this portal has given this article a general title that does not indicate which country's prime minister it is referring to. The news is clarified only in the content, where it is revealed that it is about former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Also, the photo placed in this article does not correspond to the content, as it displays the caption "Latest news" despite the fact that the news is not of primary interest to most of the Albanian-speaking readers of this portal.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this article as "Clickbait".
ASSESSMENT:
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.