Q1 Review

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What is the difference between SLANDER and LIBEL?

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Slander is spoken; libel is written

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What is defamation?

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Act of damaging someone’s good reputation

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Writing an article about a fight that never occurred violates which two principles?

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Factual reporting/Libel

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A story inside a newspaper is called what?

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An article

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What does biased mean?

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A preference for one view of side

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What type of stories belong on the front page of the newspaper? Options: The story about the most popular students, The story that happened the night before, The editor’s favorite story, The story that is most relevant and newsworthy.

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The story that is most relevant and newsworthy.

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What makes something newsworthy? Proximity, Impact, Timeliness, All of the above

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All of the above

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What was the first newspaper printed?

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Publick Occurrences

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What does it mean for a paper to be published “with authority”?

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The paper had the government's approval

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Why were the penny press newspapers called “penny press”?

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They cost 1 cent