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පරස්පර විරෝධී පුවත්
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-15)
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 ...
COVID-19 and Prejudiced Points
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-02)
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)
දිවි අහිමි කර ගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-27)
Several articles published in June 2020 violated media ethics guidelines for reporting on suicide.
චෝදනාවට ලක්වූ රාජ්ය ඇමතිවරයෙක්: ඔහුගේ නම හෙලි කරන සහ නොකරන පුවත්පත්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-09-16)
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 ...
ශිෂ්ට චින්තනයක් වෙනුවෙන් ශිෂ්ට භාෂා භාවිතයක්
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05)
Articles published in May 2020 Lankadeepa, Aruna and Mawbima used the term "mas wedda" which carried negative connotations.
දිවි අහිමි කර ගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-06-30)
Several articles published in June 2020 violated media ethics guidelines for reporting on suicide
ඒක පාර්ශවික වාර්තාකරණයන්?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-28)
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 ...
පුවත්පත් නිවැරදි කිරීම : මෙම පුවත්පත් වාර්තාවේ සදොස් තැන් තිබේ නම් ඒ පිළිබඳව කරුණු දැක්වීමක් කළ යුතු නොවේද?
(Colombo: Verité Research', 2020-09-02)
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 ...
වෛරසය ආසාදිත පුද්ගලයින් "රෝගීන් මිස" අනෙකුත් අයට "රෝගය පතුරවන පුද්ගලයින් " ලෙස හැදින්විමෙන් වළකින්න - සෞඛ්ය සහ දේශීය වෛද්ය අමාත්යාංශය-
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-21)
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.
Newspapers that have violated ethical guidelines when reporting on COVID-19: 2020 April 01-30
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-30)
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 ...