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 January 2022, an article published in Sunday Divaina which contained the ethical violations of revealing the identity of minors, sensationalising sexual crimes, trivialising sexual crimes, using the word ...

In the month of April 2021, articles published in Divaina and Aruna used derogatory terms such as "kudda" and "mathloliya", which is considered disrespectful and is against media ethics guidelines.

During the month of October 2022, articles published in Lankadeepa, Mawbima, and Irida Mawbima published several derogatory terms such as "කූඩ්ඩා", and "චීන්නු", which are disrespectful terms to describe people that leads ...

During the month of October Mawbima, Lankadeepa, Sunday Divaina and Dinamina published several articles which contained the ethical violations of using the derogatory terms "sudda", "sudu katha" and "cheena" which discriminate ...

In the month of November 2021, an article published in Lankadeepa used the term "Mas weddo" to describe a group of people arrested for cattle slaughter, which is a derogatory term.

In the month of February, an article published in Sunday Aruna used a prejudicial and judgmental heading that views the "Jehovah" community in negative light based on their beliefs and practices.

In the month of January 2022, articles published in Divaina used the term "mathlolihu", which is a derogatory term to describe those addicted to drugs.

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 May 2021 articles published in various Sinhala newspapers used derogatory terms such as කෙලෙසූ, පිස්සු වැටුණු, මෙහෙකාරිය, කොරෝනා මව, and කාක්කිය.