The Facebook page named "Lexo Sot" yesterday (August 17) published an article titled "LATEST/ The presence of the Serbian gendarmerie on the border with Kosovo is increasing, as...".
Hibrid.info has verified the facts and has confirmed that this article contains a fabricated title, which does not correspond to the content, while the news is old (February 24), at a time when the mayor of the Local Community in the village of Breznica in the Kosovo-Serbia border area, in the municipality of Kamenica, Nazim Hajdini, had announced that the state of Serbia has increased its military presence in this village.
This Facebook page posted this old news item with the pretense of presenting it as current, adding the "LATEST" tag to the title, under the pretext of making it appear as current news.
Link to the article published on Facebook by the "Lexo Sot" page:
"Lexo Sot" took this article with a made-up title from the dubious portal with content in Albanian "news308media.com", published on February 24, 2022. (see here)
After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info managed to find the article with the announcement of the mayor of the Local Community in Breznica made on February 24, and published in several online media in Kosovo. (see here and here)
This article was previously shared by the "Lexo Sot" Facebook page, which has also been verified by hibrid.info. (see here)
Analyze:
The Facebook page named "Lexo Sot" yesterday (August 17) published an article from February of this year, claiming to present it as current.
After fact-checking analysis, based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.