Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
A photograph has been published showing separately the portraits of the leaders of the political parties that were in opposition in the previous legislature (PDK, LDK and AAK) in Kosovo, while in the center of the image is that of the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić.
in CONTENT published yesterday (April 16) by the “Kosova Channel” Facebook page, the caption claims that the Serbian president has declared, “We, the Serbian List, together with the opposition, will form the government.".
What's wrong with the content?
Hibrid.info has not found any source or fact that Vučić has publicly stated what is alleged.
This post by “Kosova Channel” was distributed by the information portal “KosovaPost.net” (see here).
Due to greater interactivity, hibrid.info has taken the distribution of "KosovaPost.net" as its basis.
Although the caption does not specify the fact that the photograph shows portraits of candidates for prime minister from the opposition parties from the previous legislature in Kosovo and mentions the Serbian List, the largest political entity of Serbs in Kosovo, hibrid.info assesses that Vučić's alleged statement is related to the formation of a government in Kosovo.
Hibrid.info has researched through the search engine, "Google", with the keywords, "aleksandar vučić srpska lista", specifying the time period for the content as the last week, but has not found that the alleged statement was published by credible sources (see here).
Hibrid.info also researched through “Naslovi.net”, a search engine specialized in information sites in Serbia. After searching with the keywords, “Aleksandar Vučić", the results did not show any articles reporting that the Serbian president said what was claimed (see here).
On February 18, hibrid.info published the treatment given to a piece of content that claimed that Vučić insisted on a coalition of Albanian opposition parties in Kosovo with the Serbian List and without the Vetëvendosje Movement (see here).
To prove that this claim was unfounded, hibrid.info published Vučić's statement (February 10), after the election results in Kosovo, where he stated that he "does not want" to speculate or "interfere in inter-Albanian relations", but that anyone who would form a government with Albin Kurti "would be politically dead" (see here).
This is Vučić's only public statement on the formation of a government in Kosovo since the conclusion of the February 9 parliamentary elections in Kosovo.
Analyze:
The claim that Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has declared that the government in Kosovo will be formed by the Serbian List and the opposition (PDK, LDK and AAK) is untenable.
After researching several credible search engines, no facts were found that confirm that the alleged statement was made by Vučić.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses the content as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The “Fake News” rating is given to informational content that is entirely fabricated or that contains factually incorrect claims or information. Content that is rated as fake news can be defined as having been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.