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chapter 2 vocabulary
12 cards·by judith merino
a system of moral principles
ethics
fictional characters a news writer creates by using characteristics of several real people.
composite characters
the ability to inspire belief and trust
credibility
damaging false statements against another person or institution that appear in writing or
that are spoken from a written script
libel
cencorship,or restrain in advance of publication
prior restrain
the ability to make fair, neutral observations about people and events
objectivity
the opportunity for permitting a person criticized in a story to respond to that criticism in
the same story
right of reply
the taking and using as one's own the writtings or inventions of another person
plagiarism
a damaging false statement against another person or institution spoken or broadcast
extempaneously
slander
statements made on the floor of Congress, in the state legislature, or in courtroom that, if
published, are immune from libel suits
privileged statements
a libel defense that protects a journalist’s expressed opinion of public figures or reviews
of books, records,
fair comment
the legal idea that school authorities act “in place of the parent” and assume a parent’s
rights, duties, and responsabilities
in loco parentis