Plagiarism
The legal protection that automatically gives the creator of an original work the exclusive right to copy, share, and adapt it.
What is copyright?
A city council votes to raise everyone's water bill. Which value is most likely to mean it will be reported?
What is impact?
A form of the Flak filter, this is a frivolous lawsuit meant to financially harm and stress out someone.
What is a SLAPP suit?
A _______________ is not a stenographer.
What is a journalist?
This star is sparking backlash from Olympic athletes for her sexy ad campaign promoting the sports betting platform Novig.
Who is Sydney Sweeney?
The status of works whose copyright has expired or never applied, making them free for anyone to use. Disney's own Steamboat Willie entered it in 2024.
What is the public domain?
Coverage of a debate spikes when two candidates start trading attacks, suggesting this news value.
What is conflict?
This "common enemy" has been invoked throughout the 20th century, peaking in the 1950s, and still being used by politicians today to scare the public.
What is communism?
The website All Sides says in its About page, "Everyone is ____________, and that's okay."
What is biased?
This rapper was recently dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour following a controversial "Free Palestine" chant during an opening set.
Who is Macklemore?
The U.S. doctrine that allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes like criticism, news reporting, teaching or parody.
What fair use?
A story runs because it connects to an anniversary or an ongoing issue, suggesting this news value.
What is currency?
Convenience and access can limit a journalist's understanding of a story, a common problem described by this filter.
What is sourcing?
This journalism non-profit defined journalism for us, but then proceeded to say they resist "official" definitions of journalism.
What is the Poynter Institute?
This singer hosted her massive Daisy Chains Fields Festival in California.
Who is Olivia Rodrigo?
A system of free licenses that lets a creator grant permission to use their work in advance, so users do not have to ask.
What is Creative Commons?
A newspaper leads with a minor traffic accident involving the governor instead of a very serious multi-car crash across town that hurt more people. This value outranks others here.
What is prominence/celebrity?
We think of filters as stories that affect stories that are published. Perhaps a more devastating effect of filters, though, is this.
What are stories that are not published (or censored)?
This wording is commonly used in journalism to obscure the actions of police officers officers who shoot civilians.
What is "officer-involved shooting"?
Fortnite caused a stir by dropping an in-game cosmetic bundle featuring this "Obsessed" singer and TikTok star.
Who is Addison Rae?
A professionally-produced, generic image licensed for reuse from a library like Getty or Unsplash, rather than shot for one specific story.
What is a stock image?
These are all eight values in the Rule of 8.
What is timeliness, proximity, impact, prominence, oddity, human interest, currency, and conflict?
The Propaganda Model names five filters that news passes through before it reaches you. Don't confuse those with this separate list, which suggests what makes news worthy of publication.
What is Rule of 8?
____________ doesn't happen on a Tuesday.
What is poverty?
This series just made history at the Emmys by breaking records for the most comedy wins in a single night.
What is Widow's Bay?