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Inappropriate Reporting on Suicide
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-30)
On April 28, 2020 and April 29, 2020 Aruna, Ada, and Mawbima reported on suicide in a manner that did not comply with media ethics guidelines
කාන්තාව පමණක් විශේෂ වුයේ මන්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05)
In May 2020 articles published in Mawbima, Lankadeepa and Aruna frequently highlighted the presence and gender of women in certain groups and situations (e.g. an arrest, a motor accident).
ලිංගික අපයෝජනය - ලිංගික අපරාධය යන යෙදුම් වඩාත් යෝග්ය වේ
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-19)
Several articles published in June 2020 referred to survivors of sexual assaults using terms that suggest they were 'polluted'.
නිශේධනාත්මක නාමකරණ !
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-17)
Mawbima article published on July 17, 2020 included the term "කුඩ්ඩිය" in reference to drug addicts which negatively labels such persons.
කාන්තා ඡායාරූප පෙන්වා වට්ස්ඇප් ඔස්සේ ගණිකා සේවයක් පවත්වාගෙන ගිය දෙදෙනෙක් කොටු වෙති - මෙම සිරස්තලය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඔබේ අදහස කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-21)
An article published by Mawbima on July 20, 2020 carried the following headline:
Two people who were conducting a prostitution service over WhatsApp by sharing images of women, get caught
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 ...
දිවි අහිමි කර ගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-17)
Several articles published in June 2020 violated media ethics guidelines for reporting on suicide.
භාවාතීශය වාර්තාකරණය කුමක්ද? තීරණය ඔබට භාරයි!
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-29)
This post compares the headlines of 2 articles published in April 2020 on the same event.
The Guardian: Baby and three-year old stabbed to death at house in East London.
Mawbima: A lake of blood in the house in ...
නිවැරදිම කරුණු අඩංගු පුවත කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-16)
Coverage on June 10, 2020 on the petition filed by Kariyawasam asking that the general election be halted:
Lankadeepa and Dinamina: Petition dismissed upon petitioners' request.
Mawbima: Petition dismissed by Supreme Court.
මරණ තර්ජන එල්ලවී ඇත්තේ: ජනපතිටද? බන්ධනාගාර කොමසාරිස්ටද? නිලධාරීන්ටද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-23)
Several articles published on July 21 and 22, 2020 carried conflicting reports on whom the target of death threats had been: the president, or prison commissioner/ officials?