Mass Media Law Libel Twenty-First Edi4on
1) Which of the following cannot sue for civil libel? C
A) any living person who has been libeled
B) any corporation that has been libeled
C) the estate of any dead person who has been libeled
D) any corporate officer who has been libeled
2) A newspaper reports that an individual is a sex offender who has not registered with the
state. Which of the following descriptions of this individual would NOT sufficiently identify this
person for purposes of a libel suit? C
A) the man who lives at 4276 Oak Street in Middleton, Wisconsin
B) a Middleton, Wisconsin, resident who is one of the three male faculty members in the
Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Wisconsin
C) a 45-year-old Middleton, Wisconsin, resident
D) all of the answers are correct.
3) A defamatory statement causes: A
A) repetitional harm to the plaintiff.
B) emotional distress to the plaintiff.
C) the plaintiff to lose self-esteem.
D) financial harm.
4) A person can be identified for the purposes of a libel suit even if he or she is not
identified by name specifically in the story. True. If Identified by other manners.
⊚true ⊚false
5) Republishing a widespread rumor is protected from a libel suit by the First Amendment.
False
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x⊚true ⊚false
6) Advertisements can give rise to defamation claims. True
⊚true ⊚false
7) A statement is defamatory if it affects a person’s reputation with even a single member of
a community. False
⊚true ⊚false
8) A publication could be regarded as exhibiting actual malice if it published material C
A) that had been rejected by other publications.
B) that had been aggregated from various online blogs.
