Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
An article titled "" has been published.A person who was kidnapped at the age of six is found alive".
This news was published yesterday by the Albanian language medium "kosova-sot.info".
What is the problem with the article?
The location of the news is only disclosed in the introduction to the article when it is stated that "A man who was kidnapped at the age of six while playing in a California park in 1951...".
Why is the article being addressed?
The medium that published the text is registered in Kosovo, at the Business Registration Agency (ARBK) 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 it is about an event that took place in Kosovo.
To confirm more about what is wrong with the content, more can be seen within the view of the article.
That the event took place in California, USA, is also proven by several articles published in international media, which hibrid.info found after researching using search engines (see here and here).
Analyze:
The news that a six-year-old kidnapped person has been found alive is correct.
But, in the headline of this news, it is not made clear that the event took place in California - USA.
Therefore, 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.