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කොරෝනා: ධූමකේතුවකින් පැමිණියේද? විද්යාත්මකව තහවුරු වී ඇත්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-06)Quoting an astrobiologist an article published in Mawbima on April 05, 2020 claimed COVID-19 was brought to earth on a comet. However, it omitted the fact that this opinion is rejected within the very article that this ... -
සමේ වර්ණය පදනම් කරගනිමින් සිදුවන කොන්කිරීම් ඉවතලිය නොහැකිද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-06)An article published by Aruna on April 04, 2020 used the pejorative term "suddan" to refer to foreigners. -
නිවැරදිම තොරතුරු පළ කරමු!
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-03)An article written by a doctor and published by Aruna on April 02, 2020 stated that the World Health Organization (WHO) has acknowledged that the SARS-COV-2 virus can survive in the air for up to eight hours. However, no ... -
දිවි අහිමි කර ගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04)In the month of April 2020 articles published in Mawbima, Aruna, Dinamina, Lankadeepa and Sunday Lankadeepa violated various media ethics guidelines for reporting on suicide. -
නිශේධනාත්මක නාමකරණ !
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04)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. -
Budget Allocation: Justice
(Manthri.lk, 2019-03)This infographic depicts the percentage allocated for the justice in the Budget 2019 and the extent to which this topic have been discussed in Parliament. -
Budget Allocation: Health
(Manthri.lk, 2019-03-27)This infographic depicts the percentage allocated for the health in the Budget 2019 and the extent to which this topic have been discussed in Parliament. -
කිලිටි වූ යන අදහස දෙන "දූෂණය - කෙළෙසීම" වැනි වදන් වෙනුවට "ලිංගික අපරාධය - ලිංගික අපයෝජනය" යන යෙදුම් වඩාත් යෝග්ය වේ
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05)Several articles published in May 2020 in Aruna, Divaina and Mawbima referred to survivors of sexual assault using terms such as "dooshanaya" and "keleseema" which carry a connotation of 'pollution'. -
"ශ්රී ලංකා හාම්පුතුන්ගේ සම්මේලනය" - මෙම නාමකරණය පිළිබඳ ඔබේ අදහස කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-29)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 ... -
භාවාතීශය වාර්තාකරණය කුමක්ද? තීරණය ඔබට භාරයි!
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-29)This post compares the headlines of 2 articles published in April 2020 on the same event. The Guardian: Baby and three-year old stabbed to death at house in East London. Mawbima: A lake of blood in the house in ... -
භාවාතිශය වාර්තාකරණයක් අවශ්යද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-01)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 ... -
සන්ත්රාසය, තැතිගැන්ම දනවන මෙවන් ඡායාරූප පළ කිරීම පුවතට අවශ්ය වේ ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-13)This article published in Aruna on May 11, 2020 included an uncensored image of a dead body. -
කොරෝනා සහ කොන් කිරීම්, ද්වේෂ සහගත ලෙස රෝගය බෝ කිරීමද? නොදැනුවත්කමින් බෝවීමද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-13)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 ... -
Budget Allocation: Provincial Council and Local Government
(Manthri.lk, 2019-03)This infographic depicts the percentage allocated for the provincial council and local government in the Budget 2019 and the extent to which this topic have been discussed in Parliament. -
කොරෝනා = කාන්තාව? අගතිකාරී නිරූපනයක්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-16)A cartoon published by Sunday Divaina on April 12, 2020 portrayed Covid-19 as a woman. -
කොවිඩ්-19 කුමන්ත්රණ කතා!
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-15)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. -
නිවැරදිම තොරතුරු පළ කරමු
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-06)This article published by Aruna on April 02, 2020 claimed that the WHO stated that if Covid-19 deaths were to be buried instead of cremated, the resultant grave would need to be at least 8 feet deep. However, this statement ... -
Budget Allocation: Education
(Manthri.lk, 2019-03-15)This infographic depicts the percentage allocated for the education in the Budget 2019 and the extent to which this topic have been discussed in Parliament -
කාන්තාව පමණක් විශේෂ වුයේ මන්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05)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). -
Budget Allocation: Agriculture
(Manthri.lk, 2019-03-21)This infographic depicts the percentage allocated for the agriculture in the Budget 2019 and the extent to which this topic have been discussed in Parliament.
