In the month of May 2021 an article published in Sunday Lankadeepa used language such as මර්දනය කළ යුතු තැන මර්දනය කළ යුතුමය, while Derana, Sirasa, and Hiru TV broadcast news in a manner which justified extra-judiciary killings.

In the month of May 2021 articles published in Aruna, Divaina, Sunday Divaina, Lankadeepa, and Dinamina used misleading headlines that violate media ethics.

In the month of May 2021 Derana and Hiru TV Prime Time News broadcast Covid-19 health regulation violators in a manner that revealed their identity, which violates privacy and media ethics.

In the month of May 2021 articles published in Aruna, Dinamina, Mawbima and Lankadeepa used disability-first language such as 'ආබාධිත' instead of person-first language such as 'ආබාධ සහිත', which marginalizes such communities.

In the month of May 2021 articles published in various Sinhala newspapers used derogatory terms such as කෙලෙසූ, පිස්සු වැටුණු, මෙහෙකාරිය, කොරෝනා මව, and කාක්කිය.

In the month of April 2021, articles published in Divaina and Aruna used derogatory terms such as "kudda" and "mathloliya", which is considered disrespectful and is against media ethics guidelines.

TRUE: CBSL Annual Report states Sri Lanka's budget deficit for 2020 [was a] huge 11%. But it should be even higher at 14%. - Harsha de Silva, Harsha de Silva's Official Twitter, 1 May 2021

TRUE: 35% of our country's national income is enjoyed by 10% of the population. - Gayantha Karunatilleka, Divaina, 30 March 2021

PARTLY TRUE: [Sathosa] was an institution that did not incur losses before 2015. Sathosa has lost 20 billion rupees during the last five years (2015 – 2019). - Bandula Gunawardana, Daily News, 10 March 2021

PARTLY TRUE: As of now (February 2021), the total ISBs outstanding is USD 14 billion, which is only 16.7 percent of Sri Lanka’s total debt. None of the other creditors who hold 83.3 percent of Sri Lanka’s debt seem to show ...