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.

Articles published on July 16,2020 in Mawbima and Divaina violated media ethics guidelines for reporting on suicide

Several articles published in June 2020 used terms connoting "pollution" to refer to survivors of sexual assault

2 Dinamina articles on the arrest of a suspect who allegedly murdered a girl 2 years ago, adopted very different approaches. Article on the 27 July, 2020: -Sensationalist -Appeared to indirectly cast blame on the ...

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

Mawbima article published on July 17,2020 noted the relationship between the victim and suspect in a case of child abuse in a manner that risked revealing the identity of the underage victim

This article published by Divaina on April 16, 2020 used the pejorative term "Cheennu" to refer to Chinese nationals.