Browsing by Author "Ethics Eye Team"
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Conspiracy theories presented without sources
Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-01)On 31 March 2020, Divaina published an article containing a conspiracy theory regarding COVID-19 that had been refuted by factchecking sites. Divaina did not cite sources to back up its claim. -
COVID-19 and Prejudiced Points
Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-02)On 01 April 2020, Aruna ran an article quoting a vague source which claimed that hiding correct information is a trait of an individual's religion (which was also the religion of a COVID-19 patient) -
COVID-19: Is ethnicity relevant?
Ethics Eye Team (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 -
General Election 2020: TV News Coverage of Political Parties - 13-17 July 2020
Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-21)Prime time TV news coverage afforded to the main political parties contesting the 2020 General Elections by selected TV Sinhala language TV channels in the period 13-17 July, 2020 -
Inappropriate Reporting on Suicide
Ethics Eye Team (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 -
Is it appropriate to use the term "mistress"?
Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-01-03)On 31 December 2019 Daily Mirror published a news item which included the term "mistress". Ethics Eye pointed out that The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, a prominent international media and communications organisation ... -
Negative Terms
Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-01)On April 30, 2020 Mawbima and Lankadeepa published articles containing the term "Kudda" in their headlines -
The news on ITN: Is there a basis for it? Is it not misleading?
Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-02)On 26 March 2020, ITN's 09.30 pm news ran a segment on the presidential pardon granted to Sunil Rathnayake. In this segment, Rathnayake's arrest and sentence was described as being part of the alleged 'Ranaviru Dadayama' ... -
Newspapers that have violated ethical guidelines when reporting on COVID-19: 2020 April 01-30
Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-30)On 30 April 2020 Ethics Eye published an infographic summarising the number of times Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima (and their Sunday variants) violated the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Healthcare ... -
Sinhala Press Coverage of COVID-19: January-March 2020
Ethics Eye Team (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 -
අපි සටනට ආවේ සිංහල ජාතිය වඳ කිරීමේ වැඩ පිළිවෙල හෙළිකරන්නයි - මේ වගකීම් සහගත වාර්තාකරනයක්ද?
Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-14)This article published by Sunday Divaina on March 01, 2020 included allegations against Dr. Shafi that weren't substantiated. -
අර්ථ දැක්වීම් සහ සාරාංශගත කිරීම් - නිවැරදිව උපුටා දැක්වීමේ භාවිතාව මෙයද?
Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-10)Mawbima & CeylonToday's June 7, 2020 headlines claimed EC member Hoole said "Do not vote for SLPP"ග Based on EE's translation of the interview (in Tamil) this did not appear to be a verbatim quote but an interpretation ... -
අසම්පූර්ණ වාර්තාකරණයක් සහ සම්පුර්ණ වාර්තාකරණයක්?
Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-29)Divaina (June 25, 2020): CID said an 'organised group' visited the children summoned for #Hejaaz's ID parade & made them say that officers obtained statements by pressuring them. DailyFT added (June 26, 2020): Children's ... -
අසම්පූර්ණ හා නොමග යවන සුළු වාර්තාකරණයක් ?
Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-08)An Aruna article published on May 28, 2020 carried the following headline: "Hejaaz Hizbullah withdraws petitions". However, the article did not mention that the Habeas Corpus petitions filed by Hizbullah's family were ... -
ආබාධිත බව ජනමාධ්‍යකින් ඉදිරිපත් කළ යුත්තේ මේ ආකාරයෙන්ද?
Ethics Eye Team (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!
Ethics Eye Team (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 ... -
එක්පාර්ශවික වාර්තාකරණයක් නොවන්නේද?
Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-20)On May 20, 2020 Mawbima & Divaina ran front page articles claiming R. Hoole's daughter violated quarantine regulations. These articles had no bylines, only vague sources cited (i.e. "EC workers" & "information channels") ... -
ඒක පාර්ශවික වාර්තාකරණයන්?
Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-28)Several media outlets published May 2020 claimed that EC Member Hoole's daughter violated quarantine regulations. However, only some media outlets reached out to Hoole for a comment. Similarly, only some media outlets ... -
ඒකපාර්ශවික වාර්තාකරණයන්?
Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-01)On May 20 & 21, 2020 respectively, EC Chairperson M. Deshapriya & EC Member R. Hoole released statements refuting claims that Hoole's daughter broke quarantine regulations. Ceylon Today and Mawbima articles published ... -
කාන්තා ඡායාරූප පෙන්වා වට්ස්ඇප් ඔස්සේ ගණිකා සේවයක් පවත්වාගෙන ගිය දෙදෙනෙක් කොටු වෙති - මෙම සිරස්තලය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඔබේ අදහස කුමක්ද?
Ethics Eye Team (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