Media: Recent submissions
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Sajith Premadasa: Fisheries Industry
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/1/2021)TRUE: The fisheries industry contributes to 1.1% of Sri Lanka's GDP, according to the 2019 CBSL report. - Sajith Premadasa, Divaina, 3 June 2021 -
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka: Money Printing and Debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/25/2021)PARTLY TRUE: From the day this government came into power to March this year, LKR 831 billion has been printed. - Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Mawbima, 3 May 2021 -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Public sector debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/5/2021)TRUE: The CBSL has reported that the public sector debt is 109.7% of the GDP. This is the highest it has ever been in history. If we disregard the government’s undervaluation of sovereign bonds, this figure will exceed ... -
Rohana Bandara: Sri Lanka's debt to China
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/3/2021)TRUE: 14% of Sri Lanka’s debt is owed to China… - Rohana Bandara, Dinamina, 10 May 2021 -
Lohan Ratwatte: Credit Line for Vehicle Imports
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/8/2021)BLATANTLY FALSE: This is a credit line…If that credit line is not used, it will go to waste—it must be put to use. Our government will not go into debt by importing those vehicles. - Lohan Ratwatte, Newsfirst.lk, 12 June 2021 -
S. M. Marikkar: COVID-19 Vaccination
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/18/2021)PARTLY TRUE: Not even 2 million of the Sri Lankan population has been vaccinated as of now. We have vaccinated the least number of people in the region. - S.M. Marikkar, Aruna, 26 May 2021 -
දිවි අහිමි කර ගැනීම් පිළිබඳ වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-07-09)In the month of July 2021 articles published in Aruna, Divaina and Mawbima reported suicide incidents without including helplines, which violates media ethics. -
දිවි අහිමි කර ගැනීම් පිළිබඳ වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-07-05)In the month of July 2021 articles published in Aruna and Divaina reported suicides without including helplines while including method of suicide, which violates media ethics. -
Bandula Gunawardana: Tax Revenue
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/12/2021)PARTLY TRUE: The tax revenue in 2014 at the end of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government was Rs. 1,050 billion. Thereafter, its successor the Good Governance Government imposed tax rates to collect more than Rs. 1,700 billion a ... -
Udaya Gammanpila: CPC Losses
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/15/2021)FALSE: Due to the fact that oil has continuously been purchased at high prices and sold at low prices, the accumulated loss for CEYPETCO, as at end 2020, is Rs. 331 billion - Udaya Gammanpila, Minister Gammanpila's Official ... -
Nalaka Kottegoda: Fertiliser Consumption
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/10/2021)FALSE: Sri Lanka had imported 574,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser in 2020… Sri Lanka has become the top chemical fertiliser user in South Asia. We use 284 kg of chemical fertiliser per hectare.- Nalaka Kottegoda, Daily ... -
Wimal Weerawansa: Industrial Income and Exports
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/31/2021)TRUE: Industries occupy a special place in the national manufacturing process in Sri Lanka which is about 26.4% of the national GDP, and only a very low percentage of about 10% contributes to exports. - Wimal Weerawansa, ... -
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: Vehicle Imports
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/20/2021)TRUE: The number of vehicles imported to Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2019 was 2,515,546. And the amount spent on these vehicles imported amounts to Rs. 1,239 billion. - Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Daily News, 6 June 2021 -
TV news broadcasts of Covid-19 travel restriction violations
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-06-09)In the month of June 2021, Derana, Hiru, ITN, Rupavahini, Swarnavahini and Sirasa broadcast Covid-19 travel restriction violations in various manners. -
සාවධ්ය පුවත් වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-06-09)In the month of June 2021, an article published in Divaina included misinformation about Covid-19, which violates media ethics. -
පෞද්ගලිකත්වය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-06-07)In the month of June 2021, articles published in Mawbima, Divaina and Dinamina published the full names of victims found buried alive, which violates media ethics. -
කොවිඩ් 19 සහ අයහපත් පූර්වාදර්ශ
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-06-16)In the month of June 2021, ITN, Swarnavahini, Sirasa, and Siyatha TV programs broadcast the use of face shields without masks, which sets a bad example during the third wave of Covid-19. -
සංවේදී ඡායාරූප සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-06-22)In the month of June 2021, articles published in Divaina, Hiru and Ada Derana news broadcasts included graphic images, which violate media ethics. -
දුමින්ද සිල්වාට ජනාධිපති සමාව ලැබීම රුපවාහිනී මාධ්ය මගින් වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-06-25)In the month of June 2021, TV news channels including Sirasa, ITN, Rupavahini, Swarnavahini, Hiru, and Rupavahini broadcast the presidential pardon of Duminda Silva in various manners. -
නොමඟ යවන සිරස්තල සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-06)In the month of June 2021 articles published in Aruna, Lankadeepa, Divaina and Mawbima included misleading headlines, which violates media ethics.