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Ranjith Siyambalapitiya: Import Shortage
(www.factcheck.lk , 2/23/2023)FALSE: …It is because this step was taken [ban imports on certain items] that essential items such as fuel, medicine and fertiliser can be imported without any shortages… Ranjith Siyabalapitiya, Newswire, 26 January 2023 -
Ranjit Siyabalapitiya: Fiscal Position
(www.factcheck.lk , 2/2/2023)FALSE: In 2022, the government’s revenue and expenditure difference were as high as 256% or Rs. 3,058 billion. [In 2023] The government expect the revenue to be Rs. 3.45 trillion, while the expenditure will go up to Rs. ... -
Kanchana Wijesekera: Electricity Generation Cost
(www.factcheck.lk , 1/27/2023)PARTLY TRUE: If we are in a situation where there is no rainfall, provided that we are able to obtain all the coal we need by April, we would be able to provide electricity all 24 hours of the day, without interruptions…That ... -
Mano Ganesan: Food Insecurity
(www.factcheck.lk , 1/12/2023)CORRECT: Food insecurity in Sri Lanka is highest in the estate sector at 51%, while it is 43% in the urban sector and 34% in the rural sector. The World Bank has reported that the country’s poverty rate has climbed to 26% ... -
Ashok Abeysinghe: Government Revenue Estimates
(www.factcheck.lk , 1/20/2023)FALSE: …The [2023] budget presented this time is seeking the highest revenue in the entire history of Sri Lanka. Compared to last year, this year’s revenue shows an increase of 70%. In Sri Lanka, at no point has the revenue ... -
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඉදිරිපත් කෙරෙන මානව හිමිකම් චෝදනා සහ ඇමති අලි සබ්‍රි දැක්වූ අදහස් රූපවාහිනී පුවත් සිරස්තල වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-10)On October 5, 2022, primetime tv news telecasts of Swarnavahini, Siyatha, Hiru, Derana, Sirasa, ITN and Rupavahini reported on the resolution on Sri Lanka at 51st session of UNHRC. Further, the channels reported the then ... -
සිද්ධිය සැහැල්ලුකොට දක්වන භාවාතිශය සිරස්තල සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-10)On October 14, 2022, Divaina and Ada reported about 3 people being arrested in the Aluthgama area for abducting a 23 year old girl. Divaina had sensationalised the news in a manner which trivialised the crime against the woman. -
දුස්තොරතුරු හඳුනාගැනීම, දුස්තොරතුරු වලින් ආරක්ෂා වීම සඳහා වැදගත් වන උපදෙස් කිහිපයක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-10)This infographic contains 4 tips to help stop the spread of misinformation online, and to protect oneself from it. The tips include checking before sharing, looking for sources, checking attached photographs, and not ... -
රාජ්‍ය ආයතන නිලධාරිනියන්ට "පහසු ඇඳුමට ඉඩක්" - "ගැලපෙන ඇඳුමට ඉඩක්" - "රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරිනියන්ගේ සාරි ගලවයි" - මේ සිරස්තල පිළිබඳ ඔබේ අදහස?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-10)There was a difference between headlines published in Dinamina and Ada on September 22, 2022 and Sunday Aruna on October 2, 2022 regarding the circular issued stating that school teachers can report to work in casual attire. ... -
"පිස්සු බෙහෙත්" ද? මානසික රෝගීන්ට ලබාදෙන ඖෂධ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-10)On October 18, 2022, an article published in Dinamina contained contradictory information in the headline and the content. While the headline described the medication given to a person with a mental disability as පිස්සු ... -
දිවි තොර කරගැනීම් පිළිබඳ වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-10)During the month of October 2022, Swarnavahini, Aruna, Derana Aruna, Irida Mawbima, Dinamina, Dharani, Lankadeepa, Daily News and Ada published several articles on suicide, which contained the following ethical violations; ... -
විශ්සවසනීය මූලාශ්‍ර සහිත සහ රහිත වාර්තාකරණ - සරසවි සිසුවෙක්ද? නැති ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-10)On October 5 Mawbima and on October 6 Divaina and Dinamina violated the media ethical guideline of reporting inaccurate information and not getting information checked via reliable sources. Divaina has referred to the ... -
බාලවයස්කරුවන් පිළිබඳ වාර්තාකරණයේදී අනුගමනය කළ යුතු මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම කවරේද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-10)Here are 3 guidelines to be followed when reporting on children. The guidelines are meant to support the best intentions of ethical reporters: serving the public interest without compromising the rights of children. It ... -
2022 වසරේ ගෝලීය සාගිනි දර්ශකයේ 64 වන ස්ථානයට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව පත්වීම පිළිබඳව රූපවාහිනී වාර්තාකරණය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-10)On October 17, 2022 Sinhala Primetime news telecasts reported on Sri Lanka being ranked 64th out of 121 countries in the 2022 Global Hunger Index. Siyatha, Sirasa, Hiru and Swarnavahini reported this news while Rupavahini, ... -
එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සිලයේ 51 වෙනි සැසිවාරයේදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට අදාළව සම්මත වුණු යෝජනාව පිළිබඳ වාර්තාකරණය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-10)On October 7, Sinhala newspapers reported the passing of the resolution on Sri Lanka at the 51st session of UNHRC. Mawbima, Lankadeepa, Dinamina, Aruna and Divaina referred to it as the Geneva resolution against Sri Lanka ... -
දිවි තොර කරගැනීම් සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-01)During the month January 2023, newspapers, Aruna, Lankadeepa, Divaina, Ada, Dinamina, Mawbima, and TV channels, Rupavahini, Derana, Sirasa, Siyatha, Hiru, ITN, Swarnawahini reported several incidents of suicides. Several ... -
ශෙහාන් කරුණාතිලකට බුකර් සම්මානය හිමිවීම පිළිබඳ පළවූ සිරස්තල කීපයක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-10)This infographic presents the headlines from October 19, 2022 that were published in Ada, Aruna and Mawbima regarding Shehan Karunatilaka winning the 2022 Booker Prize for his book 'The Seven Moons of Mali Almeida'. -
කොටියා ද? හිටපු එල්ටීටීඊ සාමාජිකයා ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-10)On October 23, 2022 Divaina and on October 24, 2022 Daily News reported the pardoning of former LTTE cadres who were convicted by courts over LTTE activities including the bombing of former president Chandrika Kumaratunge. ... -
අරගලය සම්බන්ධ පුවත් වාර්තාකරණ සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-07)During the month of July 2022, several newspapers and tv primetime news telecasts covered the political crisis in Sri Lanka, where different media outlets adopted different framings and varied in their coverage of the ... -
ගැටළු සහගත වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-07-08)On July 7, 2022 two articles published in Lankadeepa and Mawbima contained contradictory reporting when it came to the resignation of Nimal Siripala de Silva from his ministerial portfolio. While Lankadeepa reported the ...