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Which TV channels covered nullification of Duminda Silva's presidential pardon?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 1/23/2024)On January 17, 2024, the Supreme Court ordered the invalidation of the presidential pardon granted by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to former Parliamentarian Duminda Silva, who had been sentenced to death and imprisoned ... -
Is the external appearance relevant to the news?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 1/24/2024)On January 7, 2024, Hiru TV primetime news reported that the body of a woman had been exhumed by a person allegedly suffering from substance abuse disorder. The report referred to the deceased using the term “Beauty’s”. ... -
TV news coverage of the Presidential Candidates - 22 August to 28 August 2024
(Colombo: Verité Research, 10/9/2024)This infographic presents the airtime allocated to 2024 presidential candidates Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sajith Premadasa, Anura Kumara Disaanayaka, and Namal Rajapaksa on prime time Sinhala news broadcasts. Data was collected ... -
ඔබ දැන සිටියාද දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් වසංගතයක් ලෙසින් පැතිර යාමට ඉඩ ඇති බව ...
(Colombo: Verité Research, 10/9/2024)On 10 September 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a four-slide post offering guidance to media professionals on the importance of adhering to ethical guidelines when reporting on suicide. -
දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් නිරතුරුවම මනෝවිද්යාත්මක ප්රවේශයක් භාවිතා කරමු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 11/9/2024)The Dinamina newspaper editorial published on 10 September 2024 for World Suicide Prevention Day omits the emergency number and presents overly simplified explanations for suicides. The editorial would be more beneficial ... -
කාන්තාව පමණක් ඉස්මතු කර දැක්වීමක්?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 11/9/2024)On September 4, 2024, Dinamina and Ada newspapers reported the arrest of a group who broke into a textile shop in the Mathugama police area and stole goods worth nearly one million rupees. The reports contained ethical ... -
TV news coverage of the Presidential Candidates - 22 August to 28 August 2024
(Colombo: Verité Research, 11/9/2024)This infographic presents the airtime allocated to 2024 presidential candidates Dilith Jayaweera, Wijedasa Rajapaksa, Sarath Fonseka, and Nuwan Bopage on prime time Sinhala news broadcasts. Data was collected from TV Derana, ... -
"මුස්ලිම්" වාර්ගිකත්වය පුවතට අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 12/9/2024)On September 11, 2024, the Aruna newspaper reported the release on bail of a suspect in a cheque bounce case. The report mentioned the suspect's ethnicity, which was not relevant to the news. -
“ගණිකා” - ගර්හාත්මක ආකල්පයන්ට තුඩු දෙන වාර්තාකරණ නොවේ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 13/09/2024)On 6 September 2024 Lankadeepa and Mawbima reported on raids of sex service establishments that were operated under the guise of massage parlors, using the derogatory terms “ගණිකා නිවාස” and “ගණිකා මඩම්” in both headlines ... -
සිසු ගැටුමක් නිසා ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්ව විද්යාලය තාවකාලිකව වසා දැමීම - රූපවාහිනී සහ පුවත්පත් ඇසින්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 14/09/2024)A clash between students from two faculties at the University of Jayewardenepura occurred on September 12, 2024. As a result, university activities have been temporarily suspended to ensure student safety. This infographic ... -
දේශප්රේමී ජාතික පෙරමුණේ සම්මන්ත්රණයේදී ඇති වූ උණුසුම් තත්ත්වය -රූපවාහිනී සහ පුවත්පත් ඇසින්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 14/09/2024)On 12 September 2024, an unidentified group disrupted a Patriotic National Front political conference in Colombo, causing heightened tensions. This infographic shows how ITN, Rupavahini, Hiru, Sirasa, Siyatha TV, Derana ... -
Presidential Election 2024 - Top Four Candidates by Airtime Allocation on Each Television Channel - 29 August to 4 September 2024
(Colombo: Verité Research, 14/09/2024)This infographic presents the airtime allocated to 2024 presidential candidates Ranil Wickremesinghe, Anura Kumara Disaanayaka, Sajith Premadasa, Namal Rajapaksa and Dilith Jayaweera on prime time Sinhala news broadcasts. ... -
ජනාධිපතිවරණයට පෙර සතියේ සති අග පුවත්පත්වල මුල් පිටු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 15/09/2024)These infographics display the front pages of Sunday Sinhala and English newspapers from the final week before the 2024 Presidential Election. All newspapers (i.e. Silumina, Sunday Aruna, Sunday Mawbima, Sunday Lankadeepa, ... -
මාලිමා ආධාරකරුවන් ගිය බසයකට පහර දුන් සැකකරුවන්ට ඇප දුන් බව සඳහන් ප්රවෘත්තිය - පුවත්පත් ඇසින්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 17/09/2024)The media reported that suspects arrested for attacking a bus carrying supporters returning from the National People's Power rally at Monarogala Provincial Council Stadium on September 13, 2024, were granted bail. This ... -
මතට ලොල්වූ කතුන් දිනකට රුපියල් 6000ක කුඩු ගහනවා - මත් ද්රව්ය භාවිතයට ඇබ්බැහි වූවන් මාධ්ය තුළ නිරූපණය කළ යුත්තේ මෙසේද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 19/09/2024)On 17 September 2024, Aruna newspaper reported an investigative report on women who use drugs using the derogatory term "මතට ලොල්වූ" (mathata lolvu) in its heading. However, in the content it used the appropriate term "මත් ... -
ඔබ දන්නවා ද? මේ එළැඹෙන්නේ 2024 ජනාධිපතිවරණයේ "නිහඬතා කාලයයි"
(Colombo: Verité Research, 19/09/2024)This infographic on the 2024 Presidential Election Silence Period explains what it is and the media's responsibility during that time. -
Presidential Election 2024 - Top Four Candidates by Airtime Allocation on Each Television Channel - 15 August to 13 September 2024
(Colombo: Verité Research, 19/09/2024)This infographic presents the airtime allocated to 2024 presidential candidates Ranil Wickremesinghe, Anura Kumara Disaanayaka, Sajith Premadasa, Namal Rajapaksa and Dilith Jayaweera on prime time Sinhala news broadcasts. ... -
සාවද්ය තොරතුරු සහ පාඨකයා නොමග යවන සිරස්තල
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-01)In the month of January 2018, articles published in Sunday Lankadeepa, Dinamina, Divaina, Lakbima, Rivira, Mawbima, Ada, Ceylon Today and Daily News contained misleading headlines and inaccurate reports about the statement ... -
දිවි අහිමි කරගැනීම පිළිබඳ වාර්තාකරණ සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-01)In the month of January 2018, Daily News, Daily Mirror, Ceylon Today, The Island, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Lakbima, Rivira, Dinamina, Sunday Divaina and Virakesari reported suicides without including suicide helplines while ... -
කාන්තාවන් පිළිබඳ භාවාතිශය වාර්තාකරණ සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-01)During the month of January 2018 Sunday Lankadeepa, Sunday Divaina, and Lakbima published several articles which contained the ethical violations of sensational reporting, highlighting the appearance of women and stereotyping ...