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Defenses Against Libel
Libel Law
Misc.
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Yellow Journalism
What was named after the Yellow Kid cartoon and is unethical and irresponsible journalism?
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Economic Function
What is the function of journalism that is about products, goods and services?
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Truth
What is the greatest defense against libel?
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Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeir
What court case dealt with principal removing articles from the student newspaper because he found the articles inappropriate about teen pregnancy?
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1940
When did the first TV broadcast take place?
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Muckracking
What is journalism battling social corruption?
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Composite Characters
What are fictional characters created based on real people?
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Priviledge Statements
What protects statements made on the floor of congress, judicial meeting or courtroom?
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The students won.
Who won the Tinker v. Des Moines case?
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Libel
What is written defamation of character?
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It protects the five freedoms.
What is the First Amendment?
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in loco parentis
What is the legal idea that school acts in the place of parents and assumes a parents rights and responsibilites?
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Fair Comment
What protects a journalist's opinion, often used when writing reviews?
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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?
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Jane Grey Swisshelm
Who was the first women to cover congress?
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She made up a story about an 8-year-old herrion addict.
Why did Janet Cooke get her Pulitzer Prize taken away from her?
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Admission of Error
What is a prompt correction of a published mistake with no intention to harm?
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Cival Court
What court are libel cases heard?
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"All the news that's fit to print"
What is the New York Times Motto?
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John Peter Zenger
Who's court case helped establish that truth is the greatest defense against libel?
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Entertainment Function
What is the function of journalism that provides diversity and includes the comics/cartoons and games?
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Public Officials or Public Figures
What defense must show a greater degree of fault by the press to win a libel suite?
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The school/principal won.
Who was the Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier case?
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Malice
What is the intent to harm someone or something?