The ‘truth connect tv’ video’s ‘historic newsflash’ about the UN recommending the appointment of a truth commission to ‘re-establish Sihela identity’ is clearly fake news. It’s a very familiar voice for me, but I can’t remember the name of the person (a TV news presenter I usually hear from Sri Lanka) that it belongs to. Controversial new hypothesisWhile watching the video, though, I felt that the professional newscaster himself made this video in the manner of a strong believer in the controversial new hypothesis that the Buddha was born in Sri Lanka. However, the emphatically positive tone of voice that he adopted right through to the end of the presentation could not be due to any real personal commitment to the authenticity of the ‘Buddha was born in Sri Lanka’ concept. But according to the ‘Buddha was born in Sri Lanka’ theorists, Jambudeepa was in the northern part of Sri Lanka, and Lankadipa was in the south-east corner of the island, with the ancient capital Anuradhapura located there!