Browsing by Subject "Misleading News"
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The news on ITN: Is there a basis for it? Is it not misleading?
(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' ... -
"කුඩු පාතාලයට සම්බන්ධ නීතිඥයන්ගේ නම් හෙළිවේ" මෙම පුවත සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඔබේ අදහස කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-28)An article published by Divaina on July 26,2020 stated the names of lawyers with ties to the drug underworld we "revealed", but the article notes at one point that the police merely "suspect" these persons have ties. -
නිවැරදි සහ නොමග නොයවන තොරතුරුද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-20)A Ravaya article published on July 18, 2020 claimed the army had "carried away" and "kidnapped" persons under home quarantine "like terrorists". In some instances, no sources were cited for the claims. Later in the article, ... -
මූලාශ්ර නොමැති අසත්ය කරුණු
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-12)Without citing sources a Divaina article published on June 11, 2020 claimed: 1. Dual citizens can't be members of independent commissions 2. Hoole is a Nigerian citizen When contacted by EE, Hoole rejected both claims.