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:

External Costs

Costs created by an activity that affect other parties without them being reflected in the market prices, similar to negative externalities.

Production

The process of creating goods and services through the combination of labor, materials, and capital.

Coase Theorem

A principle that if trade in an externality is possible and there are no transaction costs, bargaining will lead to an efficient outcome regardless of the initial allocation of rights.

Free-Rider Problem

A situation where some individuals consume more than their fair share of a public resource, or shoulder less of the cost of its production.