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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
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.
"දූෂණය - කෙළෙසීම" වැනි වදන් වෙනුවට "ලිංගික අපරාධය" හෝ බාල වයස්කරුවෙක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් නම් "ලිංගික අපයෝජනය" වැනි යෙදුම් වඩාත් යෝග්ය වේ.
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-08-05)
Several articles published in August, 2020 used terms referred to survivals of sexual assault using terms which suggest they are "polluted".
නිවැරදි සිරස්තලය මින් කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-08-14)
Several articles published in August, 2020 of Aruna and Mawbima newspaper's front pages carried headlines on the United National Party's leadership which is different from one another.
COVID-19: Is ethnicity relevant?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-03-20)
On 19 March 2020 Mawbima published a news item on COVID-19 that emphasised irrelevant details including the ethnicity of a patient and (negative) details about patients
කාන්තාවන් පමණක් ඉස්මතු කිරීම: කාන්තාවන් පමණක් ඉස්මතු වනුයේ මන්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research', 2020-09-04)
On the 4th of September Aruna and Mawbima published an article highlighting women which by extension does not comply with media ethics guidelines.
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.