The Daily Press prints a story quoting a public university administrator—the dean of sciences—saying that nearly all students in the university’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) are binge drinkers and come to class drunk. There are 400 SJMC students. Mary Smith, a senior in SJMC, knows that is not true about her and she wants to sue for libel. Smith could ______.
a. successfully sue for libel
b. not successfully sue for libel because the Daily Press has an absolute privilege to quote the university administrator
c. not successfully sue for libel because the statement contains nothing a jury could find defamatory
d. not successfully sue for libel because she could not prove identification
d. not successfully sue for libel because she could not prove identification
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