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Disability: Positive message, problematic language?
No full textThis entry includes four infographics and one write-up containing guidelines on reporting about people with disabilities (All are in English).On July 19, 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a set of guidelines to promote better reporting on people with disabilities. These guidelines were developed based on Sinhala newspaper articles published on July 07 and 08, 2024, regarding voting facilities for people with disabilities
22 වැනි ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයට මන්ත්රීවරුන් සහාය නොදුනහොත් පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසිරුවා හැරීමේ සූදානමක් ඇති බවට පාර්ශව රැසක් විසින් ප්රකාශ කළ ආකාරය රූපවාහිනී රාත්රී සිංහල ප්රධාන පුවත් සිරස්තල ඔස්සේ ආවරණය කළ අයුරු
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On July 18, 2024, several television channels reported statements from Member of Parliament Gamini Waleboda and several
others, claiming that Parliament may be dissolved if MPs do not support the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution. This infographic summarizes how Swarnawahini, Siyatha TV, Hiru TV, Sirasa, ITN, TV Derana, and Rupavahini presented the key points from the briefing in their prime-time Sinhala news bulletins
දිවි තොර කරගැනීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම: උපකාරක අංක සඳහන් කර නැත!
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On June 06, 2024, TV Derana reported on the suicide of a boy without mentioning any helplines and described the method of suicide in their coverage, which is a violation of media ethical guidelines.
ජනපතිගේ ධූර කාලය දීර්ඝ කිරීමට ඇති හැකියාව පිළිබඳ පැෆ්රල් සංවිධානය දැක්වූ අදහස් රූපවාහිනී සිංහල ප්රධාන පුවත් විකාශ සහ ප්රධාන සිරස්තල ආවරණය කළ අයුරු
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and two infographics (both in Sinhala).On June 11, 2024, the Siyatha, Hiru TV, Sirasa, Swarnawahini, ITN, Rupavahini and TV Derana television channels reported PAFFREL’s position of the People's Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) organisation that the presidential election should be held as scheduled in accordance with the Constitution, as there is no provision to extend the President’s term to six years. Siyatha, Hiru TV, Sirasa, and Swarnawahini carried the story, while ITN, Rupavahini and TV Derana did not. Among those that reported it, only Sirasa and Swarnawahini included the story in their prime-time Sinhala news bulletins
20240322_P0102_FC_ShehanSemasinghe_FOREX crisis
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.PARTLY TRUE: In 2022, when we were going through the gravest foreign exchange crisis this country has ever faced, one of the main factors for it was remittances from foreign workers. After that the income from tourism.
Shehan Semasinghe, Parliament, 21 November 202
අමාත්යාංශ නැවත නැවත සැදීම සහ කැඩීමෙන් මහජනතාව ලොකු අපහසුතාවකට පත්වෙලා - වෙරිටේ රිසරිච් ආයනය කියයි = Public Faces Discomfort Over Making and Breaking of Ministries - Verité Research
No full textThis publication (i.e. Blueprint for a Rational Government) shows how all the duties, functions, institutions, and laws in Sri Lanka can be structured and organised in an efficient and effective manner – even with just 15 ministries.Sinhala newspaper Mawbima page 5 (10 May 2024) feature of the presentation by Dr. Nishan De Mel at the launch press conference of the 'Blueprint for a Rational Government', organised by the PRT team
වැලිපැන්න ප්රදේශයේ සිසුවියක් දිවි තොර කර ගැනීමේ පුවත සිංහල පුවත්පත් ආවරණය කළ ආකාරය
No full textIncludes an infographic and a write up (both in Sinhala).This infographic shows how a suicide incident of a schoolgirl in Welipanna area was reported in the Sinhala newspapers published on July 15, 2024. Without following media ethical guidelines, Ada, Aruna and Dinamina have described the method of suicide and simplified the reason for suicide. Also, Aruna and Dinamina have not published helplines, but Ada has published
Inside the Chamber - Voting in Parliament
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.This infographic provides insights into the voting process in parliament. It explains the importance of a quorum, the various voting methods, and the Speaker's role in announcing the results. Voting can be conducted by voice, division, or, in special circumstances, by secret ballot. A parliamentary session must have a quorum (or minimum attendance) of more than 20 MPs. Additionally, the infographic delves into the procedure followed when votes are miscounted
Online Safety Bill - Voting Breakdown - Second Reading
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.On January 24, 2024, the second reading of the Online Safety Bill was passed with a majority of 46 votes. The following compilation of infographics reflects the list of MPs that voted in favour, against and MPs who were absent during the vote. 108 votes were cast in favour of the bill, while 62 votes were cast against it and 54 MPs were absent
"වින කළ" යන්න තුළින් ලිංගික අපයෝජනයක් සිදු වූ බවක් ඔබට හැඟේද?
No full textThis entry includes an infographic and write-up (in Sinhala).On July 11, 2024, the Aruna Sinhala newspaper trivialized the news of the sexual abuse of two 8-year-old lay monks by the chief monk of the temple. Dinamina Sinhala newspaper published the same news using the term ‘ලිංගික අපයෝජනයක්‘. Therefore, Dinamina did not trivialize the incident