There's very little in the way of adequate coverage of the island from beyond the island itself. The sounds bites on CBC or CNN are useless. There's just not a large enough audience to support pro-government satellite channels here. The news about what's happening is filtered through the media of the outside countries. There's pandering to the point of view of immigrants and relief / aid agencies for political reasons. That's one justification the Sri Lankan government uses to bar foreign reporters from the war zone.
I hear about thousands marching against the Sri Lankan government in Toronto or Washington, DC but miss the reported shootings of civilians by the LTTE. All the places where I hear the loud cries of protesters seem to be democratic. The force that they support is not. In none of these western countries where people take to the streets would an opposition group be allowed to build an army, navy, and air command right on state soil. That's been the case on the island for thirty years. I hope diplomatic sources delve deeper into conflicts than the views the pathetic media paints, but I fear they do not.