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1. Which of the following cannot sue for civil libel?
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?
3. In evaluating the truth or falsity of an article, a court will consider
4. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act will not protect an online service provider from liability for
transmitting unlawful content provided by a third party if
5. In the 21st Century, most states regard libel and slander
6. A person who is libel proof will have difficulty winning a libel suit because
7. With the growth of the Internet, libel lawsuits involving online material
8. The single mistake rule states that
9. In an effort to stop so-called libel tourism cases
10. Anti-SLAPP laws
11. Libel law has existed for several centuries. Why is it a more serious problem for the mass media in the 21st
century?
12. The plaintiff carries the initial burden of proof in a libel action. What five elements must the plaintiff prove
to meet this burden?
13. A news vendor who sells a newspaper or magazine is just as responsible for a libelous charge as the
publisher who originally made the charge, but is much harder to sue because of the jurisdictional problems.
14. A libelous statement is something that injures an individual's character but not his or her reputation.
15. Libel law is generally less protective of men than it is of women when allegations of sexual misconduct are
published.
16. While winning a personal libel suit is hard, it is quite easy for a plaintiff to win a trade libel (product
disparagement) suit.
17. The burden of proving truth or falsity of the material generally falls on the plaintiff.
18. The cost of defending against a libel suit is as much of a problem for the press as multi-million dollar
judgments.
19. It is impossible for an individual to sue for libel based on material contained in a TV drama or a novel
because these are obviously fiction.
20. It is always the judge's responsibility in a libel suit to decide whether the words are defamatory.
21. Most former libel plaintiffs interviewed in a major study said they favored going to court to protect their
reputation as opposed to using some other means to resolve the problem.
22. Republishing a widespread rumor is protected from a libel suit by the First Amendment.
