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අර්ථ දැක්වීම් සහ සාරාංශගත කිරීම් - නිවැරදිව උපුටා දැක්වීමේ භාවිතාව මෙයද?
(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?
(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 ?
(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 ... -
ඒකපාර්ශවික වාර්තාකරණයන්?
(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 ... -
දිවයින කතුවැකිය: වෛරී සහ වගකීම් විරහිත වාර්තාකරණය
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-27)This Divaina article published on May 24, 2020 -Presents as facts, points that EC Chairperson Deshapriya had already refuted in a statement to the press on May 21. -Doesn't reference Hoole's statement in Colombo ... -
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 ... -
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. -
නොමඟ යවන සුළු, මූලාශ්ර රහිත වාර්තාකරණයක්?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-22)This Divaina article published on June 22, 2020 claimed that Bastians' laptop was connected to the alleged abduction of Garnier Francis but provided no sources to support the claim. -
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. -
සැකකරුවකු අපරාධකරුවකු කිරීම?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-08-10)An article published on August, 2020 as mentioned in Divaina, Shani Abeysekara still remains a suspect in the eyes of the law. -
සැකකරුවෙක්ද? වරදකරුවෙක්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-08-06)Several articles in mawbima and divaina published in August, 2020 on Shani Abeysekara framing as guilty despite still him being a suspect.