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දිවි අහිමි කර ගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-15)
Several local articles on the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput violated media ethics guidelines for reporting on suicide
කිලිටි වූ යන අදහස දෙන "දූෂණය - කෙළෙසීම" වැනි වදන් වෙනුවට "ලිංගික අපරාධය - ලිංගික අපයෝජනය" යන යෙදුම් වඩාත් යෝග්ය වේ
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05)
Several articles published in May 2020 in Aruna, Divaina and Mawbima referred to survivors of sexual assault using terms such as "dooshanaya" and "keleseema" which carry a connotation of 'pollution'.
තහවුරු කළ - නොකළ පුවත්
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-23)
On July 23, 2020 various papers reported on the 'murder' of 'Angoda Lokka' in India. Some reported the news as though it was confirmed, other as though it was unconfirmed. Police stated they were awaiting official confirmation.
රත්තනපිටියේ ආසාදිතයාට කොරෝනා හැදුනේ සුව වූ අයකුගෙන්! - සනාථ වී නොමැති කරුණු සනාථ වූ ලෙස පෙන්වන සිරස්තල
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-23)
The headline of a Mawbima article published on April 23, 2020 stated:"COVID19 patient contracted the virus from a cured patient"
However, the body of the article clarified that investigations were still underway to ...
මෙතැනින් වඩාත් නිවැරදි යෙදුම කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-02)
An article in Mawbima published in June 2020 used the term "person with a disability" whereas a similar article used in Aruna referred to the person as "disabled". The highlighted the preference for person-first language ...
කාන්තාවකගේ බාහිර රූපය ඉස්මතු කිරීම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-24)
A Mawbima article published on July 24, 2020 mentioned that a woman's physical appearance in an instance where it was irrelevant to the story being covered.
කාන්තාවන් පමණක් ඉස්මතු වනුයේ මන්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-28)
Several articles published in July only highlighted the women in certain groups. An aruna article fairly depicted both the number of male and female suspects.
ආබාධිත බව ජනමාධ්යකින් ඉදිරිපත් කළ යුත්තේ මේ ආකාරයෙන්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-28)
A Mawbima article published on April 28, 2020 referred to a couple using the term "golu"(dumb). According to OHCHR guidelines the term "kathana abadha"(speech impairment)—used in the article's body—is more appropriate.
එකම පුවතක්, පුවත්පත් තුනක්, අබිරහස් දෙකක්!
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-26)
Conflicting reports published on June 22, 2020
Aruna: The home security guard and dog of SLPP candidate have died.
Mawbima and Divaina: The home security and dog at a house in Thalawathugoda/a journalist's rented ...
පුවත්පත් දෙකක්, එක පුවතක්, ආචාරධාර්මික එක් වාර්තාකරණයක් !
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-08)
On July 07, 2020 an article published in Mawbima singled out the women in a group that was arrested. An article on the same incident in Aruna did not single out women.