JOUR 303 FINAL FINAL EXAM 2025 UPDATE/PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS | ASSURED
SUCCESS/GRADED A+!!!
/.A broadcast station that is subject to the "equal
opportunities rule" is allowed to prohibit a candidate from
using its airwaves as long as it prohibits all candidates from
doing so. - Answer-false
/.A judge can never close a courtroom to the media or
members of the general public. - Answer-false
/.A public body may charge a fee for searching for and making
copies of public records so long as the charge does not exceed
the actual cost of doing so. - Answer-true
/.Child pornography may be banned regardless of whether it
is obscene according to the test for defining obscenity. -
Answer-true
,/.Court records are considered open to the media for
inspection but not to members of the general public. -
Answer-false
/.Criminal convictions are frequently overturned because of
excessive pre-trial publicity. - Answer-false
/.In South Carolina, the "access" law specifies that a public
body may properly deny a written request for documents
simply by failing to respond within the time limit allowed by
the law. - Answer-false
/.In South Carolina, the "access" law states that any entity
that is supported in whole or in part by tax dollars is a "public
body." - Answer-true
/.Most state obscenity statutes, including South Carolina's,
target the production, distribution, selling and exhibition of
such materials but not the possession of such materials. -
Answer-true
,/.SC's "access" law allows for criminal prosecution of persons
willfully withoholding access to public meetings or records. -
Answer-true
/.The Supreme Court of the United States has declared the
hard-core class of expression, called obscenity, to be without
First Amendment protection. This is based on solid evidence
of its harmful effects. - Answer-false
/.The clash of rights between a defendant's fair-trial rights
and the media's free-press rights most often occurs in high-
profile civil trials. - Answer-false
/.The first part of the test for defining obscenity will be
applied with local members of the community in mind. -
Answer-true
/.The first part of the test for defining obscenity will be
applied with the most sensitive (e.g., most easily offended)
people in mind. - Answer-false
, /.The last part of the test for defining obscenity will be applied
with local members of the community in mind. - Answer-false
/.A broadcast license lasts for _________ years and ________
be renewed when it expires: - Answer-eight; may
/.A key Supreme Court opinion concerning reporter privilege
is _________________. - Answer-branzburg v. hayes
/.In Abrams v. United States, Abrams was charged with three
counts of violating the Espionage Act of 1917 after printing
and distributing leaflets in New York city. - Answer-true
/.In Abrams v. United States, the government was concerned
about the printing and distribution of flyers that criticized the
United States for sending troops to Russia and urged
"workers" in the U.S. to _______________. - Answer-arise and
put down by force the Government of the United States.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS | ASSURED
SUCCESS/GRADED A+!!!
/.A broadcast station that is subject to the "equal
opportunities rule" is allowed to prohibit a candidate from
using its airwaves as long as it prohibits all candidates from
doing so. - Answer-false
/.A judge can never close a courtroom to the media or
members of the general public. - Answer-false
/.A public body may charge a fee for searching for and making
copies of public records so long as the charge does not exceed
the actual cost of doing so. - Answer-true
/.Child pornography may be banned regardless of whether it
is obscene according to the test for defining obscenity. -
Answer-true
,/.Court records are considered open to the media for
inspection but not to members of the general public. -
Answer-false
/.Criminal convictions are frequently overturned because of
excessive pre-trial publicity. - Answer-false
/.In South Carolina, the "access" law specifies that a public
body may properly deny a written request for documents
simply by failing to respond within the time limit allowed by
the law. - Answer-false
/.In South Carolina, the "access" law states that any entity
that is supported in whole or in part by tax dollars is a "public
body." - Answer-true
/.Most state obscenity statutes, including South Carolina's,
target the production, distribution, selling and exhibition of
such materials but not the possession of such materials. -
Answer-true
,/.SC's "access" law allows for criminal prosecution of persons
willfully withoholding access to public meetings or records. -
Answer-true
/.The Supreme Court of the United States has declared the
hard-core class of expression, called obscenity, to be without
First Amendment protection. This is based on solid evidence
of its harmful effects. - Answer-false
/.The clash of rights between a defendant's fair-trial rights
and the media's free-press rights most often occurs in high-
profile civil trials. - Answer-false
/.The first part of the test for defining obscenity will be
applied with local members of the community in mind. -
Answer-true
/.The first part of the test for defining obscenity will be
applied with the most sensitive (e.g., most easily offended)
people in mind. - Answer-false
, /.The last part of the test for defining obscenity will be applied
with local members of the community in mind. - Answer-false
/.A broadcast license lasts for _________ years and ________
be renewed when it expires: - Answer-eight; may
/.A key Supreme Court opinion concerning reporter privilege
is _________________. - Answer-branzburg v. hayes
/.In Abrams v. United States, Abrams was charged with three
counts of violating the Espionage Act of 1917 after printing
and distributing leaflets in New York city. - Answer-true
/.In Abrams v. United States, the government was concerned
about the printing and distribution of flyers that criticized the
United States for sending troops to Russia and urged
"workers" in the U.S. to _______________. - Answer-arise and
put down by force the Government of the United States.
