Thaiyiddi Protest: How did primetime news telecasts report it?
On January 3, a protest was staged in Thaiyiddy, Jaffna, where residents demanded the release of land.
Content: The Sinhala TV channels that covered the protest framed the issue as a demand to release land belonging to the temple for private use. By contrast, the Tamil TV channels framed the protest as a demand to release land belonging to private landowners, from whom it had been taken by the temple authorities.
Coverage: Privately owned Tamil TV channels Dan News and IBC Tamil, and privately owned Sinhala TV channels Hiru TV, TV Derana and Swarnavahini, featured the protest in their prime-time news bulletins.
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