Browsing by Subject "Misleading headline"
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"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. -
කොටි සැමරුමද? යුද්ධයෙන් මියගිය දමිළ ජනතාව සිහි කිරීමද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-27)The headlines of these Sunday Divaina and Aruna articles published in May 2020 refer to 'tiger (i.e. LTTE) celebrations'. However, the contents of the articles clarify that they are referring to events in commemoration ... -
ජනපතිට අභියෝග කළ ත්රිරෝද සභාපති මරා දමයි - පාඨකයා නොමඟ යවන සුළු සිරස්තලයක් නොවේද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-15)This Lanka article published on June 14,2020 carried the following headline: "'3-wheel' chairperson who challenged the president killed". Mentioning the murder and challenge side-by-side could suggest the points are related. -
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, ... -
පාසල් විවෘත වේද? වසා තිබේද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-17)On July 17, 2020 Daily Mirror and Lankadeepa carried conflicting reports on when schools would reopen. Additionally, while both reports indicated the date had been determined, the article contents revealed that discussions ... -
රත්තනපිටියේ ආසාදිතයාට කොරෝනා හැදුනේ සුව වූ අයකුගෙන්! - සනාථ වී නොමැති කරුණු සනාථ වූ ලෙස පෙන්වන සිරස්තල
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-23)The headline of a Mawbima article published on April 23, 2020 stated:"COVID19 patient contracted the virus from a cured patient" However, the body of the article clarified that investigations were still underway to ... -
සැකකරුවන්ද? ඝාතකයින්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-24)Articles in Divaina and Aruna published on July 24, 2020 refer to "murderers" in the headline and "suspects" in the body of the article. Investigations were still ongoing. -
සිරස්තලය අන්තර්ගතය සමඟ ගැලපේද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-21)The headline of this Aruna article published on April 21, 2020 was as follows: "General Election to be held in late May". However, the content of the article stated that the EC is to meet to decide if holding GE in late ...