During the month of November 2019, Mawbima published an article which contained the ethical violation of not using a person-first language when reporting on persons with disabilities. Derogatory term used to describe persons ...

During the month of October 2019, articles published in Divaina, Aruna, Dinamina and Mawbima reported suicides without including suicide helplines while including method of suicide, simplifying the reason for trying to ...

The article published in Aruna on 21 October 2019 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. Mawbima on 1 October ...

Newspapers have reported conflicting information when reporting on the end of the war heroes' fast. Divaina, Mawbima and Lankadeepa reported that fast ended because of the interference of Sajith Premadasa but the same ...

On 9 October 2019, article published in Divaina used a derogatory term in the title i.e. “fateelata” (ෆැටීලාට), which is a disrespectful term to describe people that lead to discriminating individuals in the society.

Based on data collected from prime time news telecasts of selected Sinhala language TV channels (i.e. TV Derana, Hiru, Sirasa, ITN and Rupavahini), these infographics show how the channels covered the three main candidates ...

On 24 September 2019 an article published in Divaina, reported suicides without including suicide helplines while including method of suicide and also giving prominence to suicide in the heading which is a violation of ...

During the month of September 2019, articles published in Mawbima, Sunday Divaina, Lankadeepa contained following ethical violations: used misleading headlines, reported news without reliable sources, biased in reporting ...

On 19 September 2019, an article published in Divaina which contained the ethical violation irrelevantly and negatively highlighting the ethnicity of persons.

On 22 September 2019, news published in Sunday Lankadeepa about the Muhudu Maha Viharaya, Pothuvil contained the following ethical violations: discriminatory reporting and prejudice against one ethnic group that leads to ...