JRN 430 final exam review answers
Unsigned opinion of a court is called✔✔per curiam opinion
Courts of appeal✔✔Establish precedent
Laws are well-tailored when they✔✔Are not vague or overboard
Statutes may be enacted by legislatures✔✔At the state, the federal or local level
Among the three branches of government, the executive is✔✔Co-equal
Of the amendments proposed to the U.S. Constitution✔✔A few of them have been
approved or ratified
Stare decisis means✔✔Let the decision stand
An action taken by the government to prohibit publication of a specific document or
text is distributed to the public; a policy that requires government approval before
publication✔✔Prior restraint
In Near v. Minnesota, the Supreme Court ruled that✔✔Prior restraints pose a serious
threat of censorship, laws that punish past actions by banning future publications are
a form of prior restraint, prior restraints may be legal when necessary to serve an
extremely important government interest (A, B and D)
What is the highest level of protected speech?✔✔Political expression
What group has the lowest level of 1st amendment protection✔✔Prisoners
A traditional public forum is:✔✔Public property that is held in trust for the public to
use for assembly and communication
Name the freedoms of the First Amendment✔✔Freedom of the speech, press,
religion, assembly and petition the government
Although the First Amendment stands as a nearly complete ban on prior restraints,
they may be constitutional to prevent:✔✔Obscenity, incitements of violence,
interference with ongoing military operations in times of war and incitements to
overthrow the government
The most common kind of damages in a libel case is✔✔Actual
The notion that a mere threat of any kind of lawsuit decreases the aggressiveness of
the news media and their willingness to pursue and publish or broadcast hard-hitting
stories is most commonly referred to as✔✔Chilling effect
, Which term is defined as an attempt by a libel defendant to enhance its defense by
claiming that the statement over which it is being sued made the defendant a public
figure✔✔bootstrapping
A student at Glorious State University, with 500 faculty, send an email to all
members of her media law class saying, "Many GSU faculty — in all departments —
sell heroin to the students." A GSU English professor likely✔✔Could not successfully
sue for libel because the professor could not prove identification.
Which element of the libel plaintiff's case is most directly associated with damaged
reputation?✔✔Defamation
Jerome tells Chris, a reporter for the Gazette, that Ron robbed a local bank. The
Gazette prints the story. Ron claims the story is not true and sues for libel.
Ron✔✔Can successfully sue the Gazette because it republished a libel
Words within direct quotation marks✔✔Can be the basis of a successful libel suit if
they substantially change the meaning of what the plaintiff actually said.
The opinion defense to a libel suit is based on✔✔The First Amendment
A newspaper reporting on a U.S. Senator making a speech on the senate floor
has:✔✔Conditional privilege
Which libel defense is specifically meant to protect reviews of products and services
that are presented for public consumption✔✔Fair comment and criticism
The idea that material cannot be libelous when it is unbelievable relates to which
libel defense✔✔Rhetoric hyperbole
According to the single-publication rule✔✔Subsequent sales or reissues of
publications are NOT considered to be new publications, and therefore are NOT
susceptible to libel claims
How long from the initial date of publication of an alleged libel does a potential
plaintiff have to file a libel suit?✔✔Every state is different
How many elements does a libel defendant need to prove in order to win a libel suit
over a plaintiff?✔✔One
The term used to make someone appear to be someone he or she is not✔✔False
light
The best defense to the plaintiff's consent✔✔the defendant had the plaintiff's
consent
Name the four privacy torts✔✔False light, appropriation, intrusion and private facts
Unsigned opinion of a court is called✔✔per curiam opinion
Courts of appeal✔✔Establish precedent
Laws are well-tailored when they✔✔Are not vague or overboard
Statutes may be enacted by legislatures✔✔At the state, the federal or local level
Among the three branches of government, the executive is✔✔Co-equal
Of the amendments proposed to the U.S. Constitution✔✔A few of them have been
approved or ratified
Stare decisis means✔✔Let the decision stand
An action taken by the government to prohibit publication of a specific document or
text is distributed to the public; a policy that requires government approval before
publication✔✔Prior restraint
In Near v. Minnesota, the Supreme Court ruled that✔✔Prior restraints pose a serious
threat of censorship, laws that punish past actions by banning future publications are
a form of prior restraint, prior restraints may be legal when necessary to serve an
extremely important government interest (A, B and D)
What is the highest level of protected speech?✔✔Political expression
What group has the lowest level of 1st amendment protection✔✔Prisoners
A traditional public forum is:✔✔Public property that is held in trust for the public to
use for assembly and communication
Name the freedoms of the First Amendment✔✔Freedom of the speech, press,
religion, assembly and petition the government
Although the First Amendment stands as a nearly complete ban on prior restraints,
they may be constitutional to prevent:✔✔Obscenity, incitements of violence,
interference with ongoing military operations in times of war and incitements to
overthrow the government
The most common kind of damages in a libel case is✔✔Actual
The notion that a mere threat of any kind of lawsuit decreases the aggressiveness of
the news media and their willingness to pursue and publish or broadcast hard-hitting
stories is most commonly referred to as✔✔Chilling effect
, Which term is defined as an attempt by a libel defendant to enhance its defense by
claiming that the statement over which it is being sued made the defendant a public
figure✔✔bootstrapping
A student at Glorious State University, with 500 faculty, send an email to all
members of her media law class saying, "Many GSU faculty — in all departments —
sell heroin to the students." A GSU English professor likely✔✔Could not successfully
sue for libel because the professor could not prove identification.
Which element of the libel plaintiff's case is most directly associated with damaged
reputation?✔✔Defamation
Jerome tells Chris, a reporter for the Gazette, that Ron robbed a local bank. The
Gazette prints the story. Ron claims the story is not true and sues for libel.
Ron✔✔Can successfully sue the Gazette because it republished a libel
Words within direct quotation marks✔✔Can be the basis of a successful libel suit if
they substantially change the meaning of what the plaintiff actually said.
The opinion defense to a libel suit is based on✔✔The First Amendment
A newspaper reporting on a U.S. Senator making a speech on the senate floor
has:✔✔Conditional privilege
Which libel defense is specifically meant to protect reviews of products and services
that are presented for public consumption✔✔Fair comment and criticism
The idea that material cannot be libelous when it is unbelievable relates to which
libel defense✔✔Rhetoric hyperbole
According to the single-publication rule✔✔Subsequent sales or reissues of
publications are NOT considered to be new publications, and therefore are NOT
susceptible to libel claims
How long from the initial date of publication of an alleged libel does a potential
plaintiff have to file a libel suit?✔✔Every state is different
How many elements does a libel defendant need to prove in order to win a libel suit
over a plaintiff?✔✔One
The term used to make someone appear to be someone he or she is not✔✔False
light
The best defense to the plaintiff's consent✔✔the defendant had the plaintiff's
consent
Name the four privacy torts✔✔False light, appropriation, intrusion and private facts
