Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Defenses Against Libel
Libel Law
Misc.
100
Yellow Journalism
What was named after the Yellow Kid cartoon and is unethical and irresponsible journalism?
100
Economic Function
What is the function of journalism that is about products, goods and services?
100
Truth
What is the greatest defense against libel?
100
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeir
What court case dealt with principal removing articles from the student newspaper because he found the articles inappropriate about teen pregnancy?
100
1940
When did the first TV broadcast take place?
200
Muckracking
What is journalism battling social corruption?
200
Composite Characters
What are fictional characters created based on real people?
200
Priviledge Statements
What protects statements made on the floor of congress, judicial meeting or courtroom?
200
The students won.
Who won the Tinker v. Des Moines case?
200
Libel
What is written defamation of character?
300
It protects the five freedoms.
What is the First Amendment?
300
in loco parentis
What is the legal idea that school acts in the place of parents and assumes a parents rights and responsibilites?
300
Fair Comment
What protects a journalist's opinion, often used when writing reviews?
300
Tinker v. Des Moines
What is the court case about students that were expelled from school for not removing black armbands in protest of the Vietman war?
300
Inverted Pyramid
What did the telegram help create?
400
Jane Grey Swisshelm
Who was the first women to cover congress?
400
She made up a story about an 8-year-old herrion addict.
Why did Janet Cooke get her Pulitzer Prize taken away from her?
400
Admission of Error
What is a prompt correction of a published mistake with no intention to harm?
400
Cival Court
What court are libel cases heard?
400
"All the news that's fit to print"
What is the New York Times Motto?
500
John Peter Zenger
Who's court case helped establish that truth is the greatest defense against libel?
500
Entertainment Function
What is the function of journalism that provides diversity and includes the comics/cartoons and games?
500
Public Officials or Public Figures
What defense must show a greater degree of fault by the press to win a libel suite?
500
The school/principal won.
Who was the Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier case?
500
Malice
What is the intent to harm someone or something?
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