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General Election 2020: TV News Coverage of Political Parties - 13-17 July 2020
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-21)Prime time TV news coverage afforded to the main political parties contesting the 2020 General Elections by selected TV Sinhala language TV channels in the period 13-17 July, 2020 -
දිවි අහිමි කර ගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-22)On July 20,2020 several newspapers violated media ethics guidelines in their coverage on suicide -
දිවි අහිමි කර ගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-22)Various articles published on July 20 and 21, 2020 violated media ethics guidelines in their coverage of suicide -
මරණ තර්ජන එල්ලවී ඇත්තේ: ජනපතිටද? බන්ධනාගාර කොමසාරිස්ටද? නිලධාරීන්ටද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-23)Several articles published on July 21 and 22, 2020 carried conflicting reports on whom the target of death threats had been: the president, or prison commissioner/ officials? -
තහවුරු කළ - නොකළ පුවත්
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-23)On July 23, 2020 various papers reported on the 'murder' of 'Angoda Lokka' in India. Some reported the news as though it was confirmed, other as though it was unconfirmed. Police stated they were awaiting official confirmation. -
කාන්තාවකගේ බාහිර රූපය ඉස්මතු කිරීම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-24)A Mawbima article published on July 24, 2020 mentioned that a woman's physical appearance in an instance where it was irrelevant to the story being covered. -
සැකකරුවන්ද? ඝාතකයින්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-24)Articles in Divaina and Aruna published on July 24, 2020 refer to "murderers" in the headline and "suspects" in the body of the article. Investigations were still ongoing. -
දූෂණය - කෙළෙසීම - වැනසීම වැනි වදන් වෙනුවට "ලිංගික අපරාධය" හෝ බාල වයස්කරුවෙක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් නම් "ලිංගික අපයෝජනය" වැනි යෙදුම් වඩාත් යෝග්ය වේ
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-27)Various articles published in June in Mawbima and Aruna use the term "keleseema" (pollution) in coverage on sexual abuse/a sex crime. One article names the underage victim. -
Information Disorder and Mainstream Media in Sri Lanka
(2020)A great deal of research on information disorder focuses on social media as the source, producer and distributor of false content. Within this research, mainstream media is often positioned as an inadvertent distributor ... -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Loans from Japan
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/8/2020)TRUE: As a country, Japan has given the most in loans at low interest rates. - Patali Champika Ranawaka, Aruna, 16 June 2020 -
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Electricity access
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/16/2020)TRUE: We provided electricity to 99.9% of the country. - Mahinda Rajapaksa, Divaina, 24 June 2020 -
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: GDP growth
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/2/2020)PARTLY TRUE: Prior to 2015, the economic growth rate was between 7% and 8%, but by 2019, it fell below 2%. - Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Divaina, 16 June 2020 -
Lakshman Kiriella: Bond scandal assets freeze
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/11/2020)PARTLY TRUE: The allegation is that the UNP caused a loss of LKR 10 billion through bonds. The country has not experienced a loss because the CBSL froze/impounded LKR 12 billion from Perpetual Treasuries. However, the ... -
Bandula Gunawardana: Central Bank Liability
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/25/2020)TRUE: When money is deposited in a financial institution, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka is only responsible for up to LKR 600,000. - Bandula Gunawardana, Department of Government Information Facebook Page, 4 June 2020 -
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Child disability statistics
(www.factcheck.lk, 2/27/2020)FALSE: In Sri Lanka, 20 percent of children are having a mental or physical disability. - Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President's Official Twitter Page, 25 January 2020 -
President to address the UN
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 10/27/2018)The entry contains writeups pertaining to the manner in which the Tamil press covered the meeting that was to be held on September 24 between President Maithripala Sirisena and UN Secretary General. The entry also includes ... -
Sivanadipatha to Shri Padasthana
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 10/23/2018)The entry contains writeups pertaining to the manner in which the Tamil press covered the change of name of Adam's Peak from Sivanadipatha to Shri Padasthana. The entry also includes images of newspaper articles on the issue. -
Protest for land in Pottuvil
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 1/11/2018)The entry contains writeups pertaining to the manner in which the Tamil press covered the protest by families of Pottuvil urging their lands to be released. The entry also includes images of newspaper articles on the issue. -
Protest in Nallur
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 11/14/2018)The entry contains writeups pertaining to the manner in which the Sinhala and Tamil press covered the protest by families of missing persons in Nallur, Jaffna. The entry also includes images of newspaper articles on the issue. -
Protest in Kantale against Maaveerar naal
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 11/29/2018)The entry contains writeups in Sinhala, Tamil and English pertaining to the manner in which the protest in Kantale against Maaveerar Naal was reported in the Sinhala and Tamil press. The entry also includes 2 images of ...