• "දූෂණය​" සහ "කෙලෙසීම​" යන යෙදුම් පුවත්පත් තුළ භාවිතය​: 2022 සහ 2023 වර්ෂ අතර සංසන්දයක් 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-05)

  On 5th February 2024, the Ethics Eye team published an infographic with charts comparing the usage of the terms "Dooshanaya (දූෂණය)" and "Kelesima (කෙලෙසීම)" in Sinhala newspapers between 2022 and 2023. The infographic ...

• ඔබ තෝරාගන්නේ කුමන සිරස්තලයද​? 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-11)

  On February 6th 2024, Sinhala newspapers reported the arrest of a teacher on suspicion of arson. Among these publications, Mawbima used the derogatory term "Gura" (ගුරා) to describe the suspect. In contrast, Lankadeepa, ...

• එක් පුවතක්, වාර්තා කිහිපයක් 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-12)

  On May 10, 2023, Mawbima, Dinamina, and Aruna newspapers reported on an incident where an individual threatened a genecology specialist in the Kurunegala hospital, requesting an abortion for his girlfriend. While Dinamina ...

• අවමානයන් සහ අගෞරවයන් දිගින් දිගටම 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-12)

  On May 9, 2023, Dinamina newspaper published an insensitive editorial that trivialised Buddhi Prabodha Karunaratne's death by suicide and mental illness. The editorial contained derogatory terms such as "namba" (නාම්බා) ...

• එක් පුවතක්, සිරස්තල දෙකක් වඩාත් විශ්වසනීය සිරස්තලය කුමක්ද? 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-04)

  On May 4, 2023, Mawbima reported the new viral flu was a Covid variant, quoting the Sri Lanka Medical Association's President. However, the English language newspaper The Morning which published the same news, reported ...

• "සුරූපිනියක්" ද? "තරුණියක්" ද? 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-20)

  On May 12, 2023, Lankadeepa and Dinamina newspapers reported on an incident where a young woman was arrested for stealing from beauty salons. Lankadeepa used the term "surupiniya" (සුරූපිනිය) to describe this woman in the ...

• අනන්‍යතාවය අවශ්‍ය ද? 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-22)

  On May 17, 2023, privately-owned Hiru TV channel's prime time news broadcasted a segment about a scam that is being operated near the Immigration and Emigration Department in Battaramulla. This segment was broadcasted ...

• ඍණාත්මක සන්දර්භයන් තුළ කාන්තාවන් පමණක් ඉස්මතු නොකරමු! 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-29)

  On May 24 and May 26, 2023, Tamil language newpspapers Thinakaran, Thinakkural, and Virakesari published several articles that contained violations pertaining to gender discrimination. These reports highlighted women when ...

• එක් වරදක් කාන්තාව පමණක් ඉස්මතු වීමක්! 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-04)

  During the months April and May 2023, one article in privately-owned Mawbima newspaper and several articles in state-owned Dinamina newspapers contained violations pertaining to gender discrimination. These reports highlighted ...

• ලෝක නිදහස් මාධ්‍ය දර්ශකයේ ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය ස්ථානය 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-03)

  On May 3, 2023, Reporters without Borders published the 2023 Press Freedom Index in commemoration of the World Press Freedom Day 2023. The infographic depicts Sri Lanka's rank in the index, which is 135 out of 180 countries, ...

• සැකකරුවෙකුගේ අනන්‍යතාවය හෙළිදරව් කිරීමක්? 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-13)

  On May 11, 2023, Dinamina newspaper published a report on an incident where a young woman was arrested for by the police for stealing from four different beauty salons in the country. Dinamina report revealed the identity ...

• ඝාතනයක් සහ පුවත් සිරස්තල: ඔබේ තෝරා ගැනීම කුමක්ද? 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-18)

  On May 15, 2023, Aruna, Dinamina, and Lankadeepa reported on an incident where an old woman confessed to killing her husband 33 years ago. Aruna and Lankadeepa reported on the incident in a sensationalist manner, describing ...

• බිය, කම්පනය, හෝ අපහසුතාවයක් ඇති නොවන සිරස්තල(ය) කුමක්ද? 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-22)

  On May 15, 2023, Sinhala language newspapers Ada, Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, and Mawbima reported on the death of a young woman from Gampola who was a victim of homicide. Dinamina, Aruna, Mawbima, Lankadeepa, ...

• අදාළ නොවන වාර්ගිකත්වය ඉස්මතු නොකරමු! 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-29)

  On May 26, 2023, Ada, Lankadeepa, Dinamina, and Aruna newspapers reported on the death of a woman who went to Malaysia for employment. The reports noted the involvement of another woman holding dual citizenship in Malaysia ...

• අදාළ නොවන වාර්ගිකත්වය ඉස්මතු නොකරමු! 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-22)

  On April 26, 2023, Aruna, Dinamina, and Ada newspapers reported on the seizure of the kush drug worth 84 million by the customs. Aruna and Dinamina highlighted that these drugs were sent to Sri Lanka by a "Drawida/Demala ...

• වාර්ගිකත්වය අවශ්‍ය ද? 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-04)

  On May 04, 2023, Dinamina and Divaina newspapers reported on an incident where an individual was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport for carrying a plastic revolver and pistol. Dinamina and Divaina highlighted ...

• චීනා ද? චීන ජාතිකයා ද? 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-30)

  On May 30, 2023, Ada, Dinamina, Aruna, Divaina, and Lankadeepa newspapers reported on the legal proceedings related to a Chinese national who entered Sri Lanka using a forged passport. News reportage on the incident by Ada ...

• "කුඩ්ඩා" ලේබල් කිරීම් අවශ්‍ය ද? 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-25)

  On May 18, 2023, Dinamina published two news reports which used the derogatory term "Kudda" (කුඩ්ඩා) in their headlines to describe persons addicted to drugs and drug traffickers. Use of such terms in media reporting is ...

• Chinese scammers called Cheennu in Sinhala press 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01-03)

  On October 14, 2024, four newspapers reported on Chinese nationals being arrested for being a part of online scams. News reportage on the incident by Ada used the appropriate term "Cheena jathikayan" (චීන ජාතිකයන්) in the ...

• Clean Sri Lanka වාහන මෙහෙයුම් වලට එරෙහිව පෞද්ගලික බස් හිමියන්ගේ සංගමයේ විරෝධතාවය 

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  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01-06)

  On January 5, 2025, several Sinhala TV channels reported on the Clean Sri Lanka initiative and the concerns expressed by Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association Chairman Gemunu Wijeratne regarding the programme. The infographic ...

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