Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
An article titled "" has been published.Several killed in shooting at birthday party".
The content was published yesterday (July 14) on the Albanian-language online medium "kosova-sot.info".
What's wrong with the article?
The location of the news is only disclosed in the introduction to the article when it is stated that "Four people, including the attacker, were killed late Saturday after a man opened fire at a birthday party in a village in France.".
Why is this article being discussed?
The portal that published the text is registered in Kosovo (here) and has the majority of Albanian-speaking readers (here), so even the lack of clarity in the title about where the event took place may lead the audience to think that the event took place in Kosovo.
Link to the article published by "kosova-sot.info":
https://archive.is/4vDy7#selection-457.0-457.146
To confirm that the event took place in France, hibrid.info has researched using search engines and found articles from French-language media, which have reported and confirmed what happened in Espinasse-Vozelle, France (see here and here).
Analyze:
Four people are reported dead from gunshots at a birthday party.
But the title of the article in question does not make it clear that the news occurred in France.
Based on its working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this content 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.