Legal Stuff
A damaging and false and unprivileged publication by writing, printing, picture, effigy, or other fixed representation to the eye...
What is libel?
The number of journalists imprisoned in Dec 2023?
What is 320?
This king had many wives and also hated to be criticized.
Who is Henry VIII?
He was put on trial for publishing criticisms of a royal governor in the early 1700s.
Who was John Peter Zenger?
The derogatory term embraced by investigative journalists
What is Muckraker?
A term for verbally speaking about someone in a way that could be considered damaging.
961
What is the number of journalists murdered since 1992.
This sci-fi sounding group of men sentences English citizens to punishment for critiizing the monarchy.
What is the Star Chamber?
Freedom of the Press was built into this critical document.
What is the First Amendment to the Bill of rights?
The president who went after journalists and called them a name related to human waste.
Who was Teddy Roosevelt?
Libel and Slander are together considered this type of communication (that starts with a d).
What is defamation?
Seven years in prison in this country for criticizing teh government
What is Bahrain?
The king of England sent this man to oversee New York in the mid-1700's.
Who is William Cosby?
This person reported on corruption in the jury composition of the first Zenger trial.
Who was Anna Zenger.
The hotel that was home to the Democratic National Headquarters in 1972.
When a judge directs a jury to make a specific fnding but they ignore it with their verdict.
What is jury nullification?
Killed in 2022, this journalist was American - contrary to his last name
Who was German?
The crown prince of this country was found to have ordered the death of a Washington Post reporter.
What is Saudi Arabia?
Lawyer Andrew Hamilton argued that that this is the "greatest cause."
The two reporters who broke thebreak-in story in 1972?
Who are Woodward and Bernstein?
Civil cases, as opposed to criminal cases, are known as this.
What are torts?
Total number of journalists killed in line of duty since 21992.
What is 2301
He was murdered for criticizng the Saudi royal family.
Who is Jamal Khashoggi?
The name of Zenger's newspaper
What was The New York Weekly Journal?
The president who resigned in 1974.
Who was Nixon?