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 ...

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

Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa and Mawbima used uncivilized vocabulary with regard to drug addicts in their papers during the last week of August 2020, which did not comply with the media ethics guidelines.

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

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

An article published in Divaina on July 10, 2020 mentioned that a woman was "attractive", thus mentioning her physical appearance despite it being irrelevant to the story being covered.

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 ...

Various articles published on July 20 and 21, 2020 violated media ethics guidelines in their coverage of suicide

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 ...

In May 2020 articles published in Mawbima, Lankadeepa, Divaina and Aruna referred to persons addicted to drugs using terms such as "kuddan" and "mathkudu loleen" which carry negative connotations.