A Party Other Than the Person Who Initially Made a Defamatory

question 16

Multiple Choice

A party other than the person who initially made a defamatory statement may be liable along with the original speaker or writer if that other party served as a ________ of the defamatory falsehood but not if the other party was a mere ________.

• A)publisher;distributor
• B)distributor;listener
• C)distributor;publisher
• D)publisher;listener.

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Definitions:

Conjunction

A word that connects phrases, clauses, or words together in a sentence; in logic, it represents a compound statement that is true only if both of its component statements are true.

Conjunct

An element of a conjunction in logic, being one of the propositions that are combined by "and" to form a conjunction.

Self-Contradiction

A statement that denies itself, presenting an inconsistency that renders the statement false.

Conjunction

In grammar, a word that connects clauses, sentences, or words; in logic, an operator that combines two boolean variables or propositions to return true only if both operands are true.