Browsing Research Outputs by Subject "No authentic and verified sources"
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එක්පාර්ශවික වාර්තාකරණයක් නොවන්නේද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-20)On May 20, 2020 Mawbima & Divaina ran front page articles claiming R. Hoole's daughter violated quarantine regulations. These articles had no bylines, only vague sources cited (i.e. "EC workers" & "information channels") ... -
කොරෝනා: ධූමකේතුවකින් පැමිණියේද? විද්යාත්මකව තහවුරු වී ඇත්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-06)Quoting an astrobiologist an article published in Mawbima on April 05, 2020 claimed COVID-19 was brought to earth on a comet. However, it omitted the fact that this opinion is rejected within the very article that this ... -
කොවිඩ්-19 කුමන්ත්රණ කතා!
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-15)According to this article published by Mawbima on April 10, 2020 Prof. Lieber was arrested for claiming that China paid a US scientist to create COVID-19. However, fact-checkers confirmed the arrest wasn’t connected to COVID-19. -
දිවි අහිමි කර ගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-03)The Hiru prime time news broadcast on June 25, 2020 failed to back up some of its statistics on suicide with reliable sources (or any sources in some cases). Additionally, it failed to include helplines -
නිවැරදි කවුරුද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-20)May 17, 2020: -Quoting 'informed sources' #Mawbima claims National Police Commission (NPC) chairperson said Karu Jayasuriya attempted to influence NPC. - Jayasuriya refutes claim. May 18, 2020: -Mawbima asserts ... -
නිවැරදිම තොරතුරු පළ කරමු
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-06)This article published by Aruna on April 02, 2020 claimed that the WHO stated that if Covid-19 deaths were to be buried instead of cremated, the resultant grave would need to be at least 8 feet deep. However, this statement ... -
නිවැරදිම තොරතුරු පළ කරමු!
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-03)An article written by a doctor and published by Aruna on April 02, 2020 stated that the World Health Organization (WHO) has acknowledged that the SARS-COV-2 virus can survive in the air for up to eight hours. However, no ... -
පියාඹන පීරිසි සහ චන්ද්රිකා කීපයක ආලෝක ධාරා: වඩාත් වගකීම් සහගත වාර්තාකරණය කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-08)The Sunday Mawbima on June 07, 2020 referred to: "a flying saucer that could...belong to aliens". Reporting on the same UFO sighting Mawbima, published on June 08, 2020 described: "beams of light from...satellites". However, ...