For a Newspaper to Be Found Guilty of Libeling a Public

question 89

Multiple Choice

 For a newspaper to be found guilty of libeling a public official,the accused party must 

• A) prove beyond reasonable doubt that what was printed was damaging, even if it was printed accidentally. 
• B) sue the reporter who wrote the story and not the newspaper that published it. 
• C) sue the newspaper that published the story and not the reporter who wrote it. 
• D) provide clear and convincing evidence that what was printed was malicious. 
• E) establish that what was printed could have been interpreted in more than one manner.

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Definitions:

Secondary Analysis

The process of using existing data collected for a different purpose to conduct a new study.

Deductive

A logical process in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the stated premises, moving from general principles to specific instances.

Inductive

A reasoning process that involves making generalizations based on specific observations or evidence.

Quantitative

pertains to data or research that can be measured, represented, or expressed in numerical terms and is often used for statistical analysis.