The portal Raskrinkavanje.me announced that the information that Defense Minister Dragan Krapović wore "golden" shoes worth 1.450 is false.
This information is shared by users on the Facebook and X social networks, and a media and a politician "caught" the fake news.
"In order to prove that the lifestyle of certain public officials does not match their, at least on paper, financial condition and earnings, the public often justifiably resort to pointing out that officials go on luxury trips, drive expensive cars, but also own and wear expensive clothes items whose price even exceeds a few monthly salaries. The current Minister of Defense, Dragan Krapović, has gone viral on social networks, which users claim have the signature of a luxury brand, and which cost 1450 euros", they stated from the Raskrinkavanje portal.
They add that such announcements were found on Facebook, and they also achieved great visibility on the X platform.
"Although numerous users of social networks "got caught" and believed that Krapović really wore golden shoes, which is also confirmed by the inquiries that reached our editorial office, the word is Photoshop. This is confirmed by the photos published on the official Flickr account of the Government of Montenegro, a platform that serves for sharing photos and video content, where the original photo was originally published, as well as many others from several different perspectives that clearly show that the defense minister was not wearing the gold-branded shoes that some social media users claimed cost almost 1.500 euros. statements from Unmasking.
They add that the photo was taken on October 7 during the celebration of the Day of the Army of Montenegro.
"Therefore, it is clear that the photo shared on social networks has been edited, and for that reason we rate the marked posts as fake news. The rating 'Fake news' is given to the original media report (completely produced by the media that published it) which "contains factually incorrect claims or information. It can be reliably determined that they were created and disseminated with the intention of misinforming the public, i.e. presenting a claim that is completely false as a fact," Raskrinkavanje.me said. .
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