On 29 March 2022, Hiru, Swarnavahini, Sirasa, Derana, and Rupavahini reported on the surgeries halted at the Peradeniya General Hospital in their prime time news, while ITN did not report it in the prime time news. ITN ...

In the month of March 2022, an article published in Lankadeepa did not use a person first language when referring to a person with hearing disability, which is discriminatory toward persons with disabilities.

In the month of March 2022, an article published in Mawbima described a bus conductor in the heading as "konda", which is a derogatory term used to describe persons engaged in that profession. By contrast, the content of ...

In the month of March 2022, an article published in Divaina used old photographs from past incidents to report on the Ukraine-Russia crisis 2022, which is a media ethics violation as it misinforms and misleads the public.

During the month of June 2019, articles published in Mawbima, Sunday Divaina, Sunday Mawbima framed Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen as a criminal despite him still being a suspect. Reporting on another incident (19 June 2019) Mawbima ...

During the month of June 2019, Mawbima, published several articles which contained the following ethical violations: using the derogatory terms "Wenaseem” (වැනසීම)" Wenasu” (වැනසූ) to describe sexual crimes and using ...

During the month of June 2019 Sunday Divaina, Silumina and Sunday Aruna revealed the identity of minor victims which is a violation of media ethical guidelines.

During the month of June 2019, news published in Divaina, Mawbima, Ada, Lankadeepa violated following media ethical guidelines: misleading headlines, reporting without sources and inaccurate information.

In the month of June 2019, articles published in Lankadeepa, Dinamina, Divaina, Mawbima and Silumina included derogatory terms such as "kuddo", “Cheena”, “dushanaya” and "keleseema" (කුඩ්ඩෝ, චීනා, දූෂණය, කෙළෙසීම,) and ...

During the month of May 2019, several articles published in Mawbima and Divaina contained ethical violations pertaining to gender discrimination; only highlighting women when both women and men have been arrested over an offence.