Sensational reporting of rape: Witness statement by female doctor at the Anuradhapura Hospital
How did Hiru TV report the witness statement?
“Women cannot work together without fighting?”
TV presenter poses question during an interview about the Sri Lankan airlines all-female flight crew for International Women’s Day
Batalanda Report
Dinamina seeks justice for Batalanda; Virakesari seeks justice for all
March 10, 2025 – March 14, 2025
The TV coverage of the issues The data on television coverage is based on the monitoring of the primetime news telecasts of selected Sinhala language TV channels uploaded to YouTube.
Major stories in the Sinhala and Tamil press: Mar.10 – 16
Signposts the differences and nuances in reporting between Sinhala and Tamil language newspapers. Over the past week the Sinhala and Tamil press converged in relation to five main stories. The five stories were on the: (i) issuance of a warrant to arrest Deshabandu...
March 10, 2025 – March 16, 2025
This week’s cartoons
March 10, 2025 – March 16, 2025
This week’s memes
Al Jazeera interview
Sinhala press spotlights Wickremesinghe as ‘defending the Sri Lankan state’;
Tamil press spotlights Wickremesinghe as ‘faltering’.
March 3, 2025 – March 7, 2025
The TV coverage of the issues The data on television coverage is based on the monitoring of the primetime news telecasts of selected Sinhala language TV channels uploaded to YouTube.
Major stories in the Sinhala and Tamil press: Mar.3 – 9
Signposts the differences and nuances in reporting between Sinhala and Tamil language newspapers. Over the past week the Sinhala and Tamil press converged in relation to five main stories. The five stories were on the: (i) former president Ranil Wickremesinghe’s...
March 3, 2025 – March 9, 2025
This week’s memes
March 3, 2025 – March 9, 2025
This week’s cartoons
Protest against a sword-wielding group in Batticaloa
How did TV channels cover it?
February 24, 2025 – February 28, 2025
The TV coverage of the issue The data on television coverage is based on the monitoring of the primetime news telecasts of selected Sinhala language TV channels uploaded to YouTube.
Contested coverage of a contested site in Thayiddi
How did the Sinhala and Tamil newspapers portray the protest?
Major stories in the Sinhala and Tamil press: Feb.24 – Mar.2
Signposts the differences and nuances in reporting between Sinhala and Tamil language newspapers. Over the past week, the Sinhala and Tamil press converged in relation to five main stories. The five stories were on the: (i) assessment of the NPP government on various...
February 24, 2025 – March 2, 2025
This week’s memes
February 24, 2025 – March 2, 2025
This week’s cartoons
February 10, 2025 – February 23, 2025
The TV coverage of the issues The data on television coverage is based on the monitoring of the primetime news telecasts of selected Sinhala language TV channels uploaded to YouTube.
Eight years of continuous protests by the relatives of missing persons
How did TV channels cover it?
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