Macro Media Political Analysis

The US–Israel–Iran War: How it reactivated pre-existing dispositions

Substandard coal importation: Why compliance claims still left the government exposed on competence

Sallay arrest: Why Sinhala media read it as accountability, not security

Maha Sangha Convention: Why a clergy-led intervention failed to scale

Akuregoda double homicide: How a targeted killing became a test of state capacity

Verdict on the murder of former MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala: Why it reopened debate on selective enforcement and rule

Independence Day discourse: How “true independence”, in Sinhala media, moved from a recurring critique of 1948 to an

#Nalandaleak: What the leak revealed about a changing culture

State-office appointments and suspension: How three institutional issues turned into uneven reputational damage for the government

AKD’s visit to Jaffna: How Sinhala media framed the president’s Northern visit as a threat to Sinhala-Buddhist recognition