Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. A known falsity is a form of negligence.
2. Juries may assign punitive damages in libel cases.
3. Reporter’s privilege is tied to absolute privilege.
4. One can be sued for criticizing a musician’s work.
5. It is acceptable for a reporter to lie to gain entry to a private residence.
1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. FALSE
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a. worldliness b. objectivity c. audience oriented d. intelligence
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. In private facts lawsuits, judges use a “bright-line” rule to determine if the story is newsworthy. 2. Successful appropriation suits may be based on advertisements, posters, and news stories. 3. A successful appropriation lawsuit could be brought for using a photograph of a public official, such as a state governor, in an advertisement without permission. 4. A person with a television camera sneaks across the mayor’s lawn, peeks through barely open curtains, and takes a picture of the mayor in a darkened living room. The photographer decides he has done a terrible thing and exposes the film, so the picture never is printed. The mayor likely will lose an intrusion suit because the photographer remedied the situation by exposing the film.
The primary audience of the epideictic genre is
A) jurors. B) voters. C) observers. D) parishioners.
Given the task of preparing a speech, Susan decides to speak from an outline that can help her sound conversational and spontaneous. She wants to be able to adapt her remarks to the feedback she receives from the audience. She also wants to make more eye contact with the audience. What method of delivery will be BEST, given Susan's speech goals?
A) impromptu B) extemporaneous C) manuscript D) memorized