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කිලිටි වූ යන අදහස දෙන "දූෂණය - කෙළෙසීම" වැනි වදන් වෙනුවට "ලිංගික අපරාධය - ලිංගික අපයෝජනය" යන යෙදුම් වඩාත් යෝග්ය වේ
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-03)
Articles published by Mawbima and Lankadeepa in June 2020 used the term "keleseema", which connotes poluution, to refer to survivors of sexual assault.
Negative Terms
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-01)
On April 30, 2020 Mawbima and Lankadeepa published articles containing the term "Kudda" in their headlines
වාර්ගිකත්වය මතු කිරීම පුවතට අදාළද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04)
Several articles published in Mawbima, Divaina, Dinamina, Aruna and Lankadeepa (and their Sunday equivalents) in April 2020 mentioned ethnicity in instances where it was not directly relevant, including in the context of ...
නිශේධනාත්මක නාමකරණ !
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-28)
The headlines of several articles refer to drug addicts as "කුඩ්ඩන්" which negatively labels such individuals. However, the content of the articles appropriately refers to these persons as "මත්ද්රව්ය වලට ඇබ්බැහි වූවන්"
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.
Sinhala Press Coverage of COVID-19: January-March 2020
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-03)
On 03 April 2020 Ethics Eye published an infographic summarising the number of times Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima (and their Sunday variants) violated the media ethics guidelines while reporting on COVID-19
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.
මෙවැනි යෙදුම් පිලිබඳ ඔබේ අදහස කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-24)
Covid-19 coverage in Aruna and Lankadeepa on April 23, 2020 used the term “wathu” to refer to certain areas.
පාසල් විවෘත වේද? වසා තිබේද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-17)
On July 17, 2020 Daily Mirror and Lankadeepa carried conflicting reports on when schools would reopen. Additionally, while both reports indicated the date had been determined, the article contents revealed that discussions ...
මත්කුඩුත් සමග කාමරයක නිරුවතින් සිටි සිසුවියන්, තරුණයන් ඇප මත මුදාහරී - මෙම පුවත සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඔබේ අදහස් මොනවාද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-26)
Headline of Lankadeepa article published on June 24,2020: female students and youth who were naked in a room with drugs, released on bail.