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SPMM Quiz 4: Questions And Accurate Answers
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SPMM Quiz 4: Questions And Accurate AnswersMany of the laws enforced for media are set through: Right Ans - precedent
complied consent Right Ans - When a question is answered (ex. Outside a
celebrities house), the media gets complied consent, since they had answered
the question, after 3 times asking and no answer, the media is obligated to
leave if they are told to leave
At a public store: Right Ans - celebrities cannot kick media out, any officers
or workers of the establishment have the right to kick media out
on a sidewalk: Right Ans - Officers or workers of the establishment cannot
kick media off the sidewalk (outside the establishment)
Filming inside the store from outside on a public sidewalk - allowed
Any one of the viewers could have seen it happen lawfully from a public road
or sidewalk
Why should you have a foundation in media law? Right Ans - Understand
restrictions applied to sports organizations
Federal statutes (laws), state laws, and institutional policies restrict the
release of certain details while forcing disclosure of others
Some statutes impose severe penalties for failure to act within a certain time
frame
Sports info specialists must act quickly
*NYT vs. Sullivan Right Ans - Sullivan was a police commissioner in
Montgomery, Alamaba in the 1960s
4 leaders were concerned that things were not moving and progressing as fast
as they should
Take out an ad to list atrocities to enflame people in the North in efforts to
donate money or their time to help
Some atrocities were false and didn't happen
, Claimed that during a peaceful protest march, police took out their K9 unit to
attack protestors - false
Sued NYT and each minister a million each
The jury was in favor of Sullivan, ministers, and NYT guilty of deformation
You should be liable for what is in your paper no matter who wrote it
Landmark case - New York Times vs. Sullivan (when it flipped NYT against
Sullivan) Right Ans - Serve as a government watchdog
If the media were scared of getting sued, they would not write anything
Greater good is served by allowing the media to make mistakes
US Supreme Court case that gave the media some leeway to error in reporting
public issues and public figures
Public figures - if a large amount of the general public knows them, private
individuals - others
You can say things that are false and get away with it if the person you are
talking about is a public figure, hard for public figures to sue about false
statements
Created a more rigorous standard of proof, making it harder for public figures
to recover damages for defamation
Athletes often argue invasion of privacy and defamation whereas media
counter with 1st Amendment and Freedom of Press
Public vs. Private (3 things to prove) Right Ans - Need to prove the
information is published
Publication - More than one person needs to read it before it can be
considered published
Defamation - It has to cause emotional or financial harm
Falsity- If it is the truth, cannot be sued
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