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සන්ත්රාසය, තැතිගැන්ම දනවන මෙවන් ඡායාරූප පළ කිරීම පුවතට අවශ්ය වේ ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-13)This article published in Aruna on May 11, 2020 included an uncensored image of a dead body. -
කොරෝනා සහ කොන් කිරීම්, ද්වේෂ සහගත ලෙස රෝගය බෝ කිරීමද? නොදැනුවත්කමින් බෝවීමද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-13)An article published in Mawbima on May 13, 2020 carried the following headline: “Ghanian patient infected 533 at workplace with COVID-19". This violates guidelines for reporting on COVID-19 issued by the Ministry of Health ... -
කොරෝනා = කාන්තාව? අගතිකාරී නිරූපනයක්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-16)A cartoon published by Sunday Divaina on April 12, 2020 portrayed Covid-19 as a woman. -
කොවිඩ්-19 කුමන්ත්රණ කතා!
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-15)According to this article published by Mawbima on April 10, 2020 Prof. Lieber was arrested for claiming that China paid a US scientist to create COVID-19. However, fact-checkers confirmed the arrest wasn’t connected to COVID-19. -
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 ... -
කාන්තාව පමණක් විශේෂ වුයේ මන්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05)In May 2020 articles published in Mawbima, Lankadeepa and Aruna frequently highlighted the presence and gender of women in certain groups and situations (e.g. an arrest, a motor accident). -
දිවි අහිමි කර ගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05)In the month of May 2020 articles published in Mawbima, Aruna, Divaina, Virakesari and Thinakaran as well as footage broadcast on Sirasa and Derana violated various media ethics guidelines for reporting on suicide. -
අසම්පූර්ණ හා නොමග යවන සුළු වාර්තාකරණයක් ?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-08)An Aruna article published on May 28, 2020 carried the following headline: "Hejaaz Hizbullah withdraws petitions". However, the article did not mention that the Habeas Corpus petitions filed by Hizbullah's family were ... -
කිලිටි වූ යන අදහස දෙන "දූෂණය - කෙළෙසීම" වැනි වදන් වෙනුවට "ලිංගික අපරාධය - ලිංගික අපයෝජනය" යන යෙදුම් වඩාත් යෝග්ය වේ
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-03)Articles published by Mawbima and Lankadeepa in June 2020 used the term "keleseema", which connotes poluution, to refer to survivors of sexual assault. -
වාර්ගිකත්වය: අනවශ්ය ඉස්මතු කිරීම්!
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-04)A Lankadeepa article published on June 04, 2020 carried the following headline: "3 including a Tamil journalist from Hatton to self-quarantine" -
සිව් දෙනෙකු නිදොස් කොට නිදහස් කෙරේ, තිදෙනෙකුගේ පමණක් වාර්ගිකත්වය ඉස්මතු වේ!
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-04)This Mawbima article published on June 02, 2020 regarding a group of persons who were acquitted only highlights the ethnicity of three Tamils in the group. -
සැකකරුවෙකුගේ අනන්යතාව හෙළිදරව් කිරීම යෝග්යද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-03)This article published on June 02,2020 in Aruna mentioned the suspect's name and highlighted an uncensored image of his face. -
මිතුරන්ට සැප ගන්න පෙම්වතිය දන් දුන් නරුම පෙම්වතෙක් - අනවශ්ය ලෙසින් උද්වේගය දනවන වාර්තාකරණය සුදුසුද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-22)A sensationalist article published on May 21, 2020 carried the following headline: "මිතුරන්ට සැප ගන්න පෙම්වතිය දන් දුන් නරුම පෙම්වතෙක්". -
දස දෙනකුට පෙම්වතිය විකුණූ අමුතු වෙස්සන්තර - අනවශ්ය ලෙසින් උද්වේගය දනවන අයුරින් මෙවන් පුවත් වාර්තා කිරීම සුදුසුද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-26)A sensationalist article published in Sunday Divaina on May 24, 2020 carried the following headline: "දස දෙනකුට පෙම්වතිය විකුණූ අමුතු වෙස්සන්තර = The odd 'Vessantara' who sold his lover to 10 people". -
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 ... -
ඒකපාර්ශවික වාර්තාකරණයන්?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-01)On May 20 & 21, 2020 respectively, EC Chairperson M. Deshapriya & EC Member R. Hoole released statements refuting claims that Hoole's daughter broke quarantine regulations. Ceylon Today and Mawbima articles published ... -
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, ... -
නිෂේධනාත්මක නාමකරණ ?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-02)Several articles published in June 2020 negatively labeled persons addicted to drugs as "kuddan". -
දිවි අහිමි කර ගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-08-06)Studies cited by WHO show that media reporting on suicide can lead to more deaths by suicide. Several articles published in August, 2020 mentioned the method, simplified the reason for the suicide and did not mention any ... -
සැකකරුවෙක්ද? වරදකරුවෙක්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-08-06)Several articles in mawbima and divaina published in August, 2020 on Shani Abeysekara framing as guilty despite still him being a suspect.