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.

This Aruna article published on April 23, 2020 identified the Employers' Federation of Ceylon (EFC) as "Hamputhunge Sammelanaya". At present EFC's official name is "Sevya Sammelanaya". Moreover, "Hamputhun" evokes a ...

On April 23, 2020 several TV channels reported on a sensitive situation relating to a wildlife officer's death, which included footage of relatives crying. Sirasa, Derana & Hiru: prominently featured audio & video of ...

An article published in Mawbima on May 13, 2020 carried the following headline: “Ghanian patient infected 533 at workplace with COVID-19". This violates guidelines for reporting on COVID-19 issued by the Ministry of Health ...

According to this article published by Mawbima on April 10, 2020 Prof. Lieber was arrested for claiming that China paid a US scientist to create COVID-19. However, fact-checkers confirmed the arrest wasn’t connected to COVID-19.

In May 2020 articles published in Mawbima, Lankadeepa and Aruna frequently highlighted the presence and gender of women in certain groups and situations (e.g. an arrest, a motor accident).

An Aruna article published on May 28, 2020 carried the following headline: "Hejaaz Hizbullah withdraws petitions". However, the article did not mention that the Habeas Corpus petitions filed by Hizbullah's family were ...

A Lankadeepa article published on June 04, 2020 carried the following headline: "3 including a Tamil journalist from Hatton to self-quarantine"

This article published on June 02,2020 in Aruna mentioned the suspect's name and highlighted an uncensored image of his face.

A sensationalist article published in Sunday Divaina on May 24, 2020 carried the following headline: "දස දෙනකුට පෙම්වතිය විකුණූ අමුතු වෙස්සන්තර = The odd 'Vessantara' who sold his lover to 10 people".