Chapter 2 Vocabulary

the ability to in spire belief and trust

the ability to make fair, neutral observations about people and events

a damage false statement against another person or institution spoken or broadcast extemporaneously

a libel defense that protects a journalist’s expressed opinion of public figures or reviews of books, records, and the like

fictional characters a news writer creates by using characteristics of several real people. This practice is frowned upon by ethical

written defamation; damaging false statements against another person or institute that appears in writing or that are spoken (broadc

the opportunity of permitting a person criticized in a story to respond to that criticism in the same story

the legal ideal that school authorities act “in place of the parents” and assume a parents rights, duties, and responsibilities. Thi

censorship or restraint in advance of publication. This is illegal in the United States except in the rarest of circumstances, usual

the taking and using as ones won the writings or inventions of another person

statements made on the floor of Congress it the state legislator, or in a courtroom that, if published, are immune form libel suits

the idea that once a forum (or place where ideas are exchanged) is created, the ideas expressed there cannot later be controlled.