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රිය අනතුරක් - දේශීය සහ ජාත්‍යන්තර මාධ්‍ය වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-01)These infographics show how foreign and local media reported the news of the death of a young woman in an accident in Delhi i.e. Kanjhawala case. Times of India (2023-01-02) and BBC (2023-01-03) published the news without ... -
කාන්තාවන් ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම්, කොන් කිරීම් සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-01)During the month of January 2023, articles published in Lankadeepa and in TV channels, TV Derana and Rupavahini contained ethical violations pertaining to gender discrimination; only highlighting women when both women and ... -
ලිංගික අපරාධ වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-01)During the months of December 2022 and January 2023 Mawbima, Dinamina, Aruna and Lankadeepa had several articles published on sexual crime, which contained the following ethical violations; the use of the word 'දුෂණය' in ... -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: True on SL’s uneasy equilibrium, false on fuel bill savings
(www.factcheck.lk , 2/13/2023)PARTLY TRUE: …the current normalcy in the country is at a low-level equilibrium. This is an uneasy equilibrium.... Our normal [monthly] fuel bill stood at US $ 550 million. It has now been cut down to US $ 200 million… Patali ... -
වාර්ගිකත්වයන් සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම: මාධ්‍යවේදීන් සඳහා මාර්ගෝපදේශ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-02-21)Ethics Eye published a series of infographics with four simplified guidelines regarding ethnicity for journalists to follow. -
වාර්ගිකත්වයන් අනවශ්‍ය ලෙස ඉස්මතු කිරීම් සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-02-15)On 2nd February 2023 Aruna published an article highlighting the ethnicity of an individual in a negative context, which is unethical and discriminatory reporting. -
අයෙකුගේ ලිංගික නැඹුරුතාව පිළිබඳව අගතිගාමී යෙදුම් භාවිතා කිරීම සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-02-13)On 12th February 2023 Sunday Lankadeepa published an article which called a homosexual relationship an "asammatha premaya" which is prejudiced and discriminatory towards the LGBTQ+ community. -
නිවැරදි මූලාශ්‍ර ඔස්සේ ලබාගත් පුවත් සහ පුවතට අදාළ නිවැරදි ඡායාරූප පමණක් පල කරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-09)During the month of September 2022, Mawbima reported of a death of a Russian oil trader with a picture of the assassination of a past Japanese Prime Minister, thereby resorting to inaccurate reporting. Meanwhile, Sunday ... -
සැකකරුවන් අපකීර්තියට පත් කිරිම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-01)In January 2023, Mawbima, Silumina, Lankadeepa, Aruna, and Divaina included articles revealing the identity of suspects and shaming the suspects of crimes. -
කාන්තාව හා මාධ්‍ය වාර්තාකරණ: ආචාර ධාර්මික වාර්තාකරණය සඳහා මාර්ගෝපදේශ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-03)These infographics provide some guidelines to follow when reporting news related to women. These guidelines help promote a media practice that does not marginalise or stereotype women based on gender. -
වාර්ගිකත්වය ඉස්මතු කළ සහ නොකළ පුවත් වාර්තාකරණ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-03-09)On 06 March 2023, Ada, Mawbima, and Dinamina reported on an incident of sexual abuse. Ada and Dinamina highlighted the ethnicity of the individual and Mawbima did not highlight the ethnicity of the individual. -
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Direct and Indirect Taxes
(www.factcheck.lk , 2/17/2023)TRUE: In other countries, most of the taxes are collected from a higher income bracket. In 2021, in India – 50% direct tax…Bangladesh – direct tax 32%...Nepal – direct 31%....69%. Indonesia – direct tax 40%...Vietnam – ... -
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Income Tax Files
(www.factcheck.lk , 3/9/2023)TRUE: In 2019, there were 1.5 million income tax files in total…when we abolished the PAYE tax, in December 2021, we [only] had 400,000 income tax files. It reduced from 1.5 million to 400,000. Ranil Wickremesinghe, ... -
Anura Kumara Dissanayake - National Wealth
(www.factcheck.lk , 3/2/2023)PARTLY TRUE: Today, 36% of our country’s national wealth is generated from the Western Province. The North Central Province’s contribution to our country’s national wealth is 5%. The contribution of the North Western ... -
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya: Import Shortage
(www.factcheck.lk , 2/23/2023)FALSE: …It is because this step was taken [ban imports on certain items] that essential items such as fuel, medicine and fertiliser can be imported without any shortages… Ranjith Siyabalapitiya, Newswire, 26 January 2023 -
Ranjit Siyabalapitiya: Fiscal Position
(www.factcheck.lk , 2/2/2023)FALSE: In 2022, the government’s revenue and expenditure difference were as high as 256% or Rs. 3,058 billion. [In 2023] The government expect the revenue to be Rs. 3.45 trillion, while the expenditure will go up to Rs. ... -
Kanchana Wijesekera: Electricity Generation Cost
(www.factcheck.lk , 1/27/2023)PARTLY TRUE: If we are in a situation where there is no rainfall, provided that we are able to obtain all the coal we need by April, we would be able to provide electricity all 24 hours of the day, without interruptions…That ... -
Mano Ganesan: Food Insecurity
(www.factcheck.lk , 1/12/2023)CORRECT: Food insecurity in Sri Lanka is highest in the estate sector at 51%, while it is 43% in the urban sector and 34% in the rural sector. The World Bank has reported that the country’s poverty rate has climbed to 26% ... -
Ashok Abeysinghe: Government Revenue Estimates
(www.factcheck.lk , 1/20/2023)FALSE: …The [2023] budget presented this time is seeking the highest revenue in the entire history of Sri Lanka. Compared to last year, this year’s revenue shows an increase of 70%. In Sri Lanka, at no point has the revenue ... -
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඉදිරිපත් කෙරෙන මානව හිමිකම් චෝදනා සහ ඇමති අලි සබ්‍රි දැක්වූ අදහස් රූපවාහිනී පුවත් සිරස්තල වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-10)On October 5, 2022, primetime tv news telecasts of Swarnavahini, Siyatha, Hiru, Derana, Sirasa, ITN and Rupavahini reported on the resolution on Sri Lanka at 51st session of UNHRC. Further, the channels reported the then ...