Browsing Media by Subject "No Sources"
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Conspiracy theories presented without sources
(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. -
එක්පාර්ශවික වාර්තාකරණයක් නොවන්නේද?
(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") ... -
කොරෝනා: ධූමකේතුවකින් පැමිණියේද? විද්යාත්මකව තහවුරු වී ඇත්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-06)Quoting an astrobiologist an article published in Mawbima on April 05, 2020 claimed COVID-19 was brought to earth on a comet. However, it omitted the fact that this opinion is rejected within the very article that this ... -
දිවි අහිමි කර ගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-03)The Hiru prime time news broadcast on June 25, 2020 failed to back up some of its statistics on suicide with reliable sources (or any sources in some cases). Additionally, it failed to include helplines -
නිවැරදි වාර්තාකරණය මෙයද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-27)May 22, 2020: Daily Mirror quotes Deshapriya who refutes claim that he requested Hoole & his daughter to leave EC premises and return once she completed the 14-day home quarantine. May 24, 2020: Aruna publishes the ... -
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, ... -
නිවැරදිම තොරතුරු පළ කරමු
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-06)This article published by Aruna on April 02, 2020 claimed that the WHO stated that if Covid-19 deaths were to be buried instead of cremated, the resultant grave would need to be at least 8 feet deep. However, this statement ... -
නිවැරදිම තොරතුරු පළ කරමු!
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-03)An article written by a doctor and published by Aruna on April 02, 2020 stated that the World Health Organization (WHO) has acknowledged that the SARS-COV-2 virus can survive in the air for up to eight hours. However, no ... -
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. -
පියාඹන පීරිසි සහ චන්ද්රිකා කීපයක ආලෝක ධාරා: වඩාත් වගකීම් සහගත වාර්තාකරණය කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-08)The Sunday Mawbima on June 07, 2020 referred to: "a flying saucer that could...belong to aliens". Reporting on the same UFO sighting Mawbima, published on June 08, 2020 described: "beams of light from...satellites". However, ... -
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. -
මෙම කරුණු සඳහා මූලාශ්ර පදනමක් තිබේද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-19)Several articles published on June 18, 2020 claimed lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah ran a madrasa in Mundalama, whose teachings allegedly encouraged violence. No sources were cited to validate this claim. -
වෛද්යවරයෙකුගේ බිරිදක බව පළ කිරීම පුවතට කෙතරම් අදාළ වන්නේද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-12)An article published by Mawbima on June 12, 2020 regarding 3 people who were remanded over digging for treasure raises the following questions: On what basis did Mawbima claim archeologists 'confirmed' treasure was ...