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වාර්ගිකත්වය අවශ්ය ද? වාර්ගිකත්වය සඳහන් කරන සහ නොකරන පුවත් වාර්තාකරණ
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On July 11, 2024, Dinamina and Aruna newspapers reported that a young man was arrested at Katunayake Airport for attempting to travel to Austria using another person’s passport. Aruna used appropriate terms such as “Lankikaya” (ලාංකිකයා) and “39 hawiridi tharunaya” (39 හැවිරිදි තරුණයා). In contrast, Dinamina referred to him as a “Dravida jathika tharunaya” (ද්රවිඩ ජාතික තරුණයා), which was not relevant to the incident and promoted a stereotype without following media ethical guidelines
බාලවයස් අපයෝජනයක් පිළිබඳ අනුමත කළ හැකි වාර්තාකරණයක් ද?
No full textThis entry includes an infographic (in Sinhala).On July 17, 2024, the Divaina newspaper reported a case involving the abuse of a boy abused by a dancing teacher. The headline used the trivialising phrase “Waradi pare rasa soyagena giya” (වැරදි පාරේ රස සොයාගෙන ගිය), while the article itself used the appropriate term “apayojanaya” (අපයෝජනය). The headline fails to acknowledge that the incident is child sexual abuse. Using such language is unethical, as it normalises the offence and downplays its seriousness. Media are advised to avoid derogatory or such trivialising terms, especially in sensitive contexts, to maintain ethical reporting standards as they normalise the offence and diminish its seriousness
මෙම සිරස්තලය පිළිබඳ ඔබේ අදහස? - අන්නාසි ගසක් ගලවන්න ගිය දෙදරු පියා ගල් තලාවකින් පත බෑවෙයි
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On August 4th 2023, Aruna newspaper reported an incident in which an individual tragically lost their life after falling from a rock while attempting to remove a pineapple bush. The newspaper used sensationalised and insensitive language in its headline, which could be perceived as disrespectful to the deceased and may cause emotional distress to the bereaved family
මේ සතියේ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්මය - දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් සම්බන්ධ සෑම ප්රවෘත්තියකම සහ සෑම ලිපියකම සහාය ලබාගත හැකි උපකාරක අංකයක් පළ කිරීම
No full textThis entry includes three infographics (in Sinhala) and no writeups.On 31st October 2023, 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 importance of including suicide helplines in any news or articles related to suicide reported by the media
Parliament 2023 Wrapped
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.On 13 December, parliament completed proceedings for 2023 with the conclusion of the committee stage debates of Budget 2024. This infographic analysed how parliament utilised their time, including the top 5 MPs that had the highest attendance and performance in parliament. Across 105 sittings, MPs have spent 50,400 minutes in parliament. During 2023, parliament has tabled 53 bills out of which only 25 were passed. MPs also debated several topics, out of which the most discussed topics included Economy & Finance (27.6%); Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs (18.7%); Justice, Defence and Public Order (12%); Urban Planning, Infrastructure & Transportation (8.8%); Trade & Industry (5.8%). MPs with the highest attendance included Dinesh Gunawardena (SLPP), Jayantha Ketagoda (SLPP), Upul Mahendra Rajapaksha (SLPP) and Yadamini Gunawardena (SLPP). Further, the MPs with the most productive contributions included Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (SLPP), Susil Premajayantha (SLPP), Sajith Premadasa (SJB), Lakshman Kiriella (SJB) and Premnath C. Dolawatte (SLPP)
පියෙකු ද? "නරුම" පියෙකු ද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala) - published on Ethics Eye platform on 2 August 2023.In the month of July 2023, Sinhala newspapers Silumina and Sunday Lankadeepa published articles that used the term "නරුම පියා " (Naruma piya) to describe the suspect which is demonising. Also, the article published in Silumina used the term "කෙළෙසීම" (Kelasima) which gives the impression that the victim is polluted or not pure
කාන්තාවන් සහ LGBTQIA+ ප්රජාව ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම්, කොන් කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes 2 write-ups and 2 infographics (both in Sinhala).In February 2023, an exclusive interview on Irida Lankadeepa with an actor included sexist and discriminatory questions. Further, Divaina reported referred to members of the LGBTQIA+ community as "abnormal" and "tom boys"
Does Sri Lanka Need More Rules or Better Compliance?
Get PDF3p.The government of Sri Lanka proposed introducing a new law to establish stronger rules on public finance management. The analysis shows that the core weakness in Sri Lanka is not the lack of rules but the lack of compliance. To be effective, any new law will need to contend with this problem of governance
එක් පුවතක්, සිරස්තල දෙකක් වඩාත් විශ්වසනීය සිරස්තලය කුමක්ද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On May 4, 2023, Mawbima reported the new viral flu was a Covid variant, quoting the Sri Lanka Medical Association's President. However, the English language newspaper The Morning which published the same news, reported that the flu "could be" a variant of Covid-19. Therefore, Mawbima newspaper has violated media ethical guidelines related to accuracy which state that media must take all reasonable care not to publish inaccurate or misleading news
Interim Budget or Secret Budget?
No full textThese infographics are available on the Public Finance Platform and are in all three languages: English, Sinhala and Tamil.24 expenditure proposals and 5 regulatory proposals were tracked in this assessment. Expenditure proposals refer to those proposals that involve capital expenditure by the government distributed across ministries etc. Regulatory proposals refer to those proposals that require legislative enactments or regulatory notifications (gazettes) to have effect. Progress of over 2/3 of interim budget proposals from 2022 cannot be monitored due to undisclosed information. Over LKR 46.8 billion of taxpayer money is unaccounted for