ASHFORD JRN 410 JRN410 WEEK 4 QUIZ WITH ANSWERS
JRN 410 Week 4 Quiz Answers (Ashford)
1. The defense of qualified privilege covers comments made
2. Which of the following cannot sue for civil libel?
3. In evaluating the truth or falsity of an article, a court will consider
4. Most courts follow a rule that the publisher of a libel on the Internet
5. If five members of a 45-man football team sue a TV station for libel because it broadcast allegations that some members of the team were using steroids, a court would most likely rule that
6. Defenses against libel actions, in addition to qualified privilege and the opinion defenses, include
7. Generally speaking, it would be negligent for a reporter or editor to publish
8. Some courts have used three criteria suggested by the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether a reporter or editor exhibited reckless disregard for the truth. Which of the following is not one of these three?
9. Most criminal libel prosecutions
10. The mass media tend to lose libel lawsuits that go to a jury trial because
11. The publication of the name of the victim of a rape is regarded as
12. In 2009, President Barack Obama was fighting a court’s order in a FOIA lawsuit regarding the release of which of the following documents?
13. Someone whose photo is taken without their permission while they are walking down a public street can normally successfully sue for invasion of privacy under the part of the law called
14. The Privacy Protection Act of 1980 came as a legislative response to which one of the following U.S. Supreme Court cases?
15. In 2001 the Supreme Court ruled that the broadcast of an illegally intercepted telephone conversation
16. To win a lawsuit for the publication of private facts, the plaintiff must show that
17. Most courts have ruled that
18. Which one of the following individuals spent time in jail in 2005 for refusing to reveal a confidential source’s identity?
19. When it comes to journalists recording and taping telephone conversations, the vast majority of states fall into the category of
20. How many numbered exemptions are there to the federal Freedom of Information Act?
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