NCTJ Media Law Definitions questions and answers graded A+

NCTJ Media Law Definitionsdefamatory statement - correct answer a statement which causes, or is likely to cause, serious harm to the reputation of a person or organization. PCC (Press Complaints Commission) - correct answer a regulator in the press industry created in 1991 to keep the threat of statutory regulation at bay. The Editors' Code of Practice - correct answer a code of ethical standards inherited from the PCC in 2014. a statement is defamatory if... - correct answer It seriously harms a person's reputation by: - exposing them to hatred, ridicule or contempt, or causing them to be shunned or avoided. - lowering them in the estimation of right-thinking members of society generally; or - disparaging them in their business, trade, office or profession According to The Defamation Act 2013, a statement can be tested to see if it's defamatory by seeing what... - correct answer an 'ordinary reasonable reader' would think they mean.