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පාතාල මර්දනයට මිනීමැරුම් - බෙලිඅත්තේ සංහාරය (අපට කීමට ඇති කතාව)
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-08)On 24th January 2024, the Dinvaina editorial discussed the underworld and the crimes committed by its members. The editorial suggested that, while murder is inherently unethical, it may be justifiable as a means to combat ... -
"අස්වාභාවික" සමලිංගික ඇසුරක් ද? බාල වයස් ලිංගික අපයෝජනයක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-09)On 8th February 2024, Mawbima and Dinamina newspapers reported an incident involving a 14-year-old underage boy who went missing during the Kandy Perahera and was later found in the company of a 24-year-old man. Both ... -
බාලවයස් ලිංගික අපරාධ වගකීමෙන් වාර්තා කරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-10)On January 30th 2024, Dinamina reported on a sexual crime committed against a 10-year-old girl by her uncle. The headline included trivialising language, such as "Hadi Kala" (හදි කළ), which diminishes the severity of the ... -
සිරස්තලයේ "කුඩ්ඩා" - අන්තර්ගතයේ "සොරකම් කිරීමට පැමිණි පුද්ගලයා"
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-08)On February 7th 2024, Dinamina reported a death by electrocution, using the derogatory term "Kudda" කුඩ්ඩා (Junkie) in the headline to describe the victim. In the content, the victim was referred to as "the person who came ... -
වාර්ගිකත්වය ඉස්මතු කිරීම අවශ්‍යද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-06)On February 1st 2024, Dinamina reported on an arrest involving the possession of drugs, sea cucumbers, and other illegal goods. In the article, the ethnicity of one of the suspects was highlighted, which could contribute ... -
ජාතික ජනබලවේගයේ නායක අනුර කුමාර සහ ඉන්දීය විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යවරයා අතර හමුව: රූපවාහිනී ප්‍රධාන පුවත් සිරස්තල ඔස්සේ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-06)On February 5th 2024, TV news reported that NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited India to meet with the Indian Foreign Minister. All major private media outlets, including Hiru, Derana, Siyatha, Sirasa, and Swarnavahini, ... -
"ඕනේ නැති වැඩක්" ද? ලිංගික අතවරයක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-05)On February 5th 2024, an article published in the Aruna newspaper reported on a sex crime involving a policewoman and an OIC. The headline used the sensationalised term "One Nathi Wadak" (ඕනේ නැති වැඩක්) to describe the ... -
දිවි තොරකර ගැනීමක් පිළිබඳ මෙම පුවත් වාර්තාකරණ කෙතරම් වගකීම් සහගත ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-05)On February 1st 2024, an article published in the Divaina newspaper disclosed the identity of a minor who died by suicide, including a picture of the victim, and published the simplified reason for the suicide. Similarly, ... -
රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය සනත් නිශාන්ත පෙරේරා ජීවිතක්ෂයට පත් වූ හදිසි අනතුර සහ අවමංගල්‍ය කටයුතු පිළිබඳව සිංහල පුවත්පත් හා රූපවාහිනී පුවත් වාර්තාකරණ ඔස්සේ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-26)On January 25 and 26, 2024, multiple newspapers, including Aruna, Dinamina, Mawbima, Lankadeepa, Divaina, and TV news such as Hiru, Rupavahini, Derana, Sirasa, Swarnavahini, and Siyatha, disclosed the identities of Sanath ... -
මාර්ගගත ක්‍රමවල සුරක්ෂිතභාවය පිළිබඳ පනත් කෙටුම්පත පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී සම්මත වීම සිංහල සහ ඉංග්‍රීසි පුවත්පත් මුල්පිටු සිරස්තල දැක්වූ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-25)On January 25, 2024, Ethics Eye posted a post showing the front page headlines from Sinhala and English newspapers about the passing of the Online Safety Bill. The post did not focus on any ethical issues; instead, it ... -
මෙම එකිනෙකට වෙනස් සිරස්තල ගැන ඔබ සිතන්නේ කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-24)On January 14, 2024, the local media Sathi Aga Aruna reported on the appointment of French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal with the headline: "The New Prime Minister of France: Macron’s Boy; 34 Years Old; A Homosexual." In ... -
ස්පා කෙල්ල? සම්බාහන සේවිකාව? ඔබ තෝරාගන්නේ කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-26)On January 24 2024, Aruna and Lankadeepa newspapers reported on an incident involving a person stealing money from a masseuse's bank account. In their coverage, the masseuse was referred to as "ස්පා කෙල්ල (Spa Kella)" and ... -
කාන්තාවන් පමණක් ඝෘණාත්මකව ඉස්මතු කෙරෙන්නේ මන්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-22)On January 18, 2024, Dinamina and Divaina newspapers published articles on a crime involving three individuals. However, both reports disproportionately highlighted the woman in their headlines and content, despite the ... -
පුද්ගල ප්‍රථම භාෂාවක් භාවිතා කරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-23)On December 21 2023, Dinamina newspaper published an article on the issuance of separate driver’s licenses for individuals with disabilities. The article used the term "ආබාධිතයන්ට (Abadhithayanta)", which is considered ... -
මේ සතියේ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්මය - LGBTQI+ ප්‍රජාව පිළිබඳ වාර්තා කරන්නේ මෙහෙමයි! - අපි වෘත්තීමය මාධ්‍ය කලාවක නිරත වෙමු.
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-24)On January 24, 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a three-slide post as part of their "Ethic of the Week" series. The post aimed to educate both media professionals and the public on the proper guidelines for reporting ... -
ඔබ තෝරා ගන්නා සිරස්තලය?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-12)On January 9, 2024, the Aruna, Dinamina, and Lankadeepa newspapers reported on an attempted sexual crime involving an actress. However, the headlines in these three publications trivialised the incident. In contrast, on ... -
ලිංගික අපරාධයක්, ඝාතනයක්, සහ වාර්තාකරණ කිහිපයක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-11)On January 3 and 7, 2024, the Sathi Aga Aruna, Aruna, Dinamina, Silumina, and Mawbima newspapers reported on a sexual crime and the murder of a senior citizen. However, these publications inappropriately focused on the ... -
Ethics Eye නිරීක්ෂකයෙකු වන්න ඔබටත් පුළුවන්!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-08)On January 8, 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a three-slide post on their facebook page encouraging followers and others to join the team as external media ethics violation spotters. -
කාන්තාවන් පමණක් සෘණාත්මකව ඉස්මතු කෙරෙන්නේ මන්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-09)On January 4, 2024, Lankadeepa newspaper reported on the arrest of three individuals for drug possession. The article notably singled out the woman in both the headline and the content, despite the involvement of a male ... -
දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීමේදී සැලකිලිමත් වෙමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-11)On January 8, 2024, an article published in Lankadeepa newspaper reported on the suicide of a woman. The language used in the article placed blame on the victim and oversimplified the complex factors contributing to her ...