Tele-artistes denounce mud-slinging websites

"I don't know much about websites. These websites talk mostly about youth. I had to correct a news item connecting me with Nadi Chandrasekera. Not only websites, but some sections of the media too are in the habit of character assassination.

Websites alone are not to be blamed, as there are other media too."

- Anula Karunatilleke

Internet and technology have helped civil society to reach dizzy heights. The mass media is not meant to promote individual needs. It is concerned with human rights.

Character assassination by these banned websites as well as banning websites is politically motivated. Websites and other media could criticise my politics. True to the style they attack my private life which remains intact despite their slanderous campaigns. None has ever debunked my political convictions. Hence their efforts are in vain.

- Jackson Anthony

These websites have published fabricated accounts of my life. They could very well criticise my career. What they made out against me are sheer calumny. I feel they are now paying for their sins.

I wish the same fate befalls other mud slinging websites too.

- Damitha Abeyratne

The news item in the Internet that I do not pay my tele-artistes and I am evading has caused me great pain of mind. I challenge them to prove their allegations. Why should they sully my image? These people are like village gossip-women. It is good that the authorities have banned these websites.

- Saranga Mendis

The media castigates artistes. We have no faith in the media. They attacked Nihara and myself. Again I was falsely implicated with Sherill who I have met only once. Had there been unity among artistes these things would never have happened. It is now time to forget everything.

- Menaka Rajapaksa