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රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය සනත් නිශාන්ත පෙරේරා ජීවිතක්ෂයට පත් වූ හදිසි අනතුර සහ අවමංගල්‍ය කටයුතු පිළිබඳව සිංහල පුවත්පත් හා රූපවාහිනී පුවත් වාර්තාකරණ ඔස්සේ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-26)On January 25 and 26, 2024, multiple newspapers, including Aruna, Dinamina, Mawbima, Lankadeepa, Divaina, and TV news such as Hiru, Rupavahini, Derana, Sirasa, Swarnavahini, and Siyatha, disclosed the identities of Sanath ... -
මාර්ගගත ක්‍රමවල සුරක්ෂිතභාවය පිළිබඳ පනත් කෙටුම්පත පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී සම්මත වීම සිංහල සහ ඉංග්‍රීසි පුවත්පත් මුල්පිටු සිරස්තල දැක්වූ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-25)On January 25, 2024, Ethics Eye posted a post showing the front page headlines from Sinhala and English newspapers about the passing of the Online Safety Bill. The post did not focus on any ethical issues; instead, it ... -
මෙම එකිනෙකට වෙනස් සිරස්තල ගැන ඔබ සිතන්නේ කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-24)On January 14, 2024, the local media Sathi Aga Aruna reported on the appointment of French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal with the headline: "The New Prime Minister of France: Macron’s Boy; 34 Years Old; A Homosexual." In ... -
ස්පා කෙල්ල? සම්බාහන සේවිකාව? ඔබ තෝරාගන්නේ කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-26)On January 24 2024, Aruna and Lankadeepa newspapers reported on an incident involving a person stealing money from a masseuse's bank account. In their coverage, the masseuse was referred to as "ස්පා කෙල්ල (Spa Kella)" and ... -
කාන්තාවන් පමණක් ඝෘණාත්මකව ඉස්මතු කෙරෙන්නේ මන්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-22)On January 18, 2024, Dinamina and Divaina newspapers published articles on a crime involving three individuals. However, both reports disproportionately highlighted the woman in their headlines and content, despite the ... -
පුද්ගල ප්‍රථම භාෂාවක් භාවිතා කරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-23)On December 21 2023, Dinamina newspaper published an article on the issuance of separate driver’s licenses for individuals with disabilities. The article used the term "ආබාධිතයන්ට (Abadhithayanta)", which is considered ... -
මේ සතියේ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්මය - LGBTQI+ ප්‍රජාව පිළිබඳ වාර්තා කරන්නේ මෙහෙමයි! - අපි වෘත්තීමය මාධ්‍ය කලාවක නිරත වෙමු.
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-24)On January 24, 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a three-slide post as part of their "Ethic of the Week" series. The post aimed to educate both media professionals and the public on the proper guidelines for reporting ... -
ඔබ තෝරා ගන්නා සිරස්තලය?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-12)On January 9, 2024, the Aruna, Dinamina, and Lankadeepa newspapers reported on an attempted sexual crime involving an actress. However, the headlines in these three publications trivialised the incident. In contrast, on ... -
ලිංගික අපරාධයක්, ඝාතනයක්, සහ වාර්තාකරණ කිහිපයක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-11)On January 3 and 7, 2024, the Sathi Aga Aruna, Aruna, Dinamina, Silumina, and Mawbima newspapers reported on a sexual crime and the murder of a senior citizen. However, these publications inappropriately focused on the ... -
Ethics Eye නිරීක්ෂකයෙකු වන්න ඔබටත් පුළුවන්!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-08)On January 8, 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a three-slide post on their facebook page encouraging followers and others to join the team as external media ethics violation spotters. -
කාන්තාවන් පමණක් සෘණාත්මකව ඉස්මතු කෙරෙන්නේ මන්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-09)On January 4, 2024, Lankadeepa newspaper reported on the arrest of three individuals for drug possession. The article notably singled out the woman in both the headline and the content, despite the involvement of a male ... -
දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීමේදී සැලකිලිමත් වෙමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-11)On January 8, 2024, an article published in Lankadeepa newspaper reported on the suicide of a woman. The language used in the article placed blame on the victim and oversimplified the complex factors contributing to her ... -
"සුරූපී" නැවතත්? - කාන්තාවන් ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම් සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-09)On January 7, 2024, Hiru news covered an incident involving the exhumation of a woman's body from a cemetery. The report referred to the deceased using the terms "සුරූපී (Surupi)" and "සුරූපිනිය (Surupiniya)" which contribute ... -
"තරුණ තරුණියන් 50,000ක් ඇඟ මිරිකයි" - මෙම සිරස්තලය කෙතරම් යෝග්‍ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-08)On January 5, 2024, an article published in Aruna newspaper used the term "ඇඟ මිරිකයි (Aga Mirikai)" to refer to professional massage therapists working at spas. Such language perpetuates stigma and undermines the ... -
පුද්ගල-ප්‍රථම භාෂාවක් භාවිත කිරීම ප්‍රශංසනීයයි!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-21)On 21st August 2023, Aruna newspaper reported that the government is taking action to remove all taxes on equipment needed by people with disabilities. The article commendably used person-first language to describe individuals ... -
නොමඟ යවන සුළු වාර්තාකරණයක්?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-07-20)On July 20, 2023, an article on the Colombo Times website published a headline claiming that Australian scientists had discovered a world with a developed civilization. However, the article's content clarified that the ... -
වැරැදි පාරේ රස සොයාගෙන ගිය නැටුම් ගුරුවරයා වසර 20ක් හිරේ: බාලවයස් අපයෝජනයක් පිළිබඳ අනුමත කළ හැකි වාර්තාකරණයක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-17)On the 17th of July 2024, Divaina Sinhala newspaper violated media ethics by simplifying the sexual crime, as 'rasa soyagena giya' (රස සොයාගෙන ගිය) committed towards an underaged male student by his dancing teacher. -
'ගණිකා නිවාස' වෙනුවට 'ලිංගික සේවා සපයන ස්ථාන?': ලිංගික ශ්‍රමිකයින් කොන් කිරීමට ලක් කරන යෙදුම් භාවිතයෙන් ඉවත් කරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-20)On the 19th of July 2024, Dinamina and Mawbima Sinhala newspapers referred to a sex establishment as “Ganika Niwasa” (ගණිකා නිවාස) thereby violating the media ethics. -
ගුරා ද? ගුරුවරයා ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-16)On July 15, 2024, Lankadeepa and Dinamina Sinhala newspapers reported the arrest of a dance teacher accused of sexually abusing female students by referring to the teacher with the derogatory term “Gura” (ගුරා). -
චීන ජාතිකයා සහ චීනා: ඔබ තෝරා ගන්නා සිරස්තලය කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-16)The foreign news of the arrest of a Chinese national who tried to carry more than a hundred snakes at a border checkpoint was reported by the Sinhala newspapers Lankadeepa on July 15, 2024 and Aruna on July 12, 2024 using ...