The Notion That the Mere Threat of Any Kind of Lawsuit

question 15

Multiple Choice

The notion that the mere threat of any kind of lawsuit decreases the aggressiveness of the news media and their willingness to pursue and publish/broadcast hard-hitting stories is most commonly referred to as

• A)actual malice
• B)chilling effect
• C)common law malice
• D)rhetorical hyperbole

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Definitions:

Process

A set of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end in computation.

Mutual Recursion

A situation where two or more functions call each other in a recursive manner.

Invokes

To invoke in programming means to run or execute a function, method, or procedure.

Function

A block of code that performs a specific task, designed to execute a particular operation when invoked.