On July 15, 2020 various newspapers carried conflicting reports on an individual who died while fleeing when brought to a hospital for COVID-19 testing. Divaina and The island reported that the individual "jumped" to his ...

On 01 April 2020, Aruna ran an article quoting a vague source which claimed that hiding correct information is a trait of an individual's religion (which was also the religion of a COVID-19 patient)

Several articles published in June 2020 violated media ethics guidelines for reporting on suicide.

In the month of September 2021 articles published in daily Aruna and Lankadeepa did not reveal the name of state minister Lohan Ratwatte, accused of breaking the law, when they reported on the incident. The Morning mentioned ...

Articles published in May 2020 Lankadeepa, Aruna and Mawbima used the term "mas wedda" which carried negative connotations.

Several articles published in June 2020 violated media ethics guidelines for reporting on suicide

Several media outlets published May 2020 claimed that EC Member Hoole's daughter violated quarantine regulations. However, only some media outlets reached out to Hoole for a comment. Similarly, only some media outlets ...

On the 26th of October Aruna published an article on the 13th Amendment which was claimed to be wrong MP Rauff Hakeem in a tweet. This claim was not addressed by Aruna in days to follow on their front page or the paper as ...

An Aruna article published on April 21, 2020 carried the following headline: “Bandaranayake Street burnt by the fire a woman ignited” which highlights a woman for ‘spreading’ coronavirus in her street.

On 30 April 2020 Ethics Eye published an infographic summarising the number of times Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima (and their Sunday variants) violated the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Healthcare ...