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A prompt, published correction of an error
What is Admission of Error?
One who is in the public eye regularly
What is Public Figure?
The ability to be believed and trusted
What is Credibility?
A system of moral principles
What is Ethics?
The name of the man who invented the first printing press
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
PRINTED false defamation
What is Libel?
Stating ideas too strongly
What is Overstatement?
SPOKEN false defamation
What is Slander?
To reduce the reputation of a person or organization
What is Defame?
The name of the first documented newspaper in the world
What is the Acta Diurna?
Writing that creates intense, but brief emotional reaction
What is Sensationalism?
Including a person's response to criticism in the same story that the criticism is aired
What is Right of Reply?
Stating your fact-based opinion or review
What is Fair Comment?
The government's ability to stop the presses (very rare, national security).
What is Prior Restraint?
The title of America's first newspaper
What is Publick Occurrences?
Reporting comments made in session, quotes are a product of accurate reporting
What is Privilege?
Who is Janet Cooke?
Journalists are not required to be licensed. Why?
What is Freedom of the Press?
Attribution is not a successful defense for libel. Why?
What is fact-checking/responsibility?
Journalists create codes of ethics that are or are not enforceable by law?
What is are not?
Passing off someone else's work as your own
What is Plagiarism?
Being a neutral observer of events and issues.
What is Objectivity?
What was the central conflict surrounding the Tinker Case?
What is black armbands protesting the Vietnam War?
Identifying where information came from (source)
What is Attribution?
The golden age of radio spanned between which two decades?
What is the 1920's to the 1950's?