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According to the text, the First Amendment does not protect____________ statements. |
| | A) | dangerous |
| | B) | offensive |
| | C) | popular |
| | D) | libelous |
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The Alien and Sedition Acts punished anyone who |
| | A) | published newspapers with authority of the government. |
| | B) | hampered free speech in the United States. |
| | C) | published false, scandalous or malicious writings against the U.S. |
| | D) | plotted to overthrow the president or government of the U.S. |
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The 1998 Digital Millennium copyright act makes it illegal to |
| | A) | copy a DVD movie to watch at home. |
| | B) | create a DVD that will play on a computer. |
| | C) | create copy protection for movies, music, or software. |
| | D) | use a program that will make a copy of a protected movie. |
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According to the text, a highly effective defense against a libel suit is |
| | A) | claiming something is the truth. |
| | B) | claiming a statement is defamatory. |
| | C) | claiming that a statement is privileged. |
| | D) | claiming that a fact is a statement of opinion. |
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In the case Times v. Sullivan, the Supreme Court decide to overturn the previous ruling because |
| | A) | they thought the ads had damaged Sullivan's reputation. |
| | B) | they decided Sullivan's reputation had not sustained any damage. |
| | C) | false statements made in good faith against public officials should be protected. |
| | D) | the Times had acted with actual malice against the police. |
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The aspect of privacy law called ______________, means invasion of privacy in which a journalist publishes untrue statements that alter a persons' public image in a way that he or she cannot control. |
| | A) | libel |
| | B) | false light |
| | C) | intrusion |
| | D) | embarrassment |
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The term misappropriation means |
| | A) | claiming that a person conducted his or herself in an inappropriate manner. |
| | B) | printing a description of a person saying or doing certain things, when the reporter has never even been in contact with that person. |
| | C) | using a person's name or image for commercial purposes without his or her permission. |
| | D) | a reckless disregard for the truth or falsity of a published account. |
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According to the text, freedom of speech often conflicts with |
| | A) | freedom of religion. |
| | B) | the right to bear arms. |
| | C) | the right to a fair trial. |
| | D) | freedom to assembly. |
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Dr. Sam Shepard's murder conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court because |
| | A) | he was not permitted to speak in court in the original trial. |
| | B) | media activities had prevented a fair trial the first time. |
| | C) | the original trail had been postponed due to publicity. |
| | D) | in the first trial, jurors had not been permitted to hear media coverage of the trial. |
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Film cameras were first allowed in courtrooms in |
| | A) | 1977 |
| | B) | 1917 |
| | C) | 1937 |
| | D) | 1999 |
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The results of the Food Lion lawsuit against ABC resulted in preserving the right of |
| | A) | journalists to report truthful information. |
| | B) | a company to shield its business practices from the eyes of reporters. |
| | C) | journalists to investigate a company's practices, with the company's knowledge. |
| | D) | companies to fire employees who lied on their resumes when they were hired. |
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When the Nixon administration attempted to suppress the Pentagon Papers, this was an example of |
| | A) | seditious libel |
| | B) | citing the first amendment |
| | C) | prior restraint |
| | D) | revealing a source |
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The Supreme Court said that a principal could censor a student newspaper when it as part of a class, because |
| | A) | the First Amendment only guarantees freedom of speech for adults. |
| | B) | a school need not tolerate student speech that is inconsistent with its "basic educational mission". |
| | C) | a school should provide circumstances in which students can test the boundaries of their right to free speech. |
| | D) | a principal can interpret the Bill of Rights in anyway he or she sees fit, for his or her students. |
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In legal terms, the word obscene describes |
| | A) | any material that is sexual in nature. |
| | B) | material that is viewed as obscene by " community standards" |
| | C) | sexually explicit material that is legally prohibited from being published. |
| | D) | work that contains sex or nudity. |
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The _____________________created the Federal Communication Commission. |
| | A) | Radio Act of 1927 |
| | B) | Communications Act of 1934 |
| | C) | Commercial Broadcast Act of 1920 |
| | D) | Radio Act of 1912 |
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The FCC's equal time provision requires stations to |
| | A) | provide airtime to all political candidates. |
| | B) | edit political ads that may be libelous. |
| | C) | ensure all candidates have equal access to airtime. |
| | D) | channel graphic political messages into late night spots. |
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Following a 1985 study, the FCC essentially stopped enforcing the fairness doctrine because |
| | A) | stations did not have time to represent all sides of an issue. |
| | B) | there were not enough issues to have debates about. |
| | C) | too many stations were only giving airtime to people with extreme opinions. |
| | D) | it tended to inhibit free speech and was no longer needed. |
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In 1997, the Supreme Court struck down the Communications Decency Act, because it |
| | A) | limited the free speech of minors. |
| | B) | interfered with the First Amendment rights of adults. |
| | C) | encouraged lewd and lascivious messages on the Internet. |
| | D) | discriminated against minors chatting with adults. |
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The "freedom to associate" clause of the First Amendment |
| | A) | limits search and seizure. |
| | B) | limits disclosure or personal information. |
| | C) | protects the right to possess any literature in the privacy of one's home. |
| | D) | requires a group to make its membership known to the public. |
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The person who gave information from the Pentagon Papers to the press was |
| | A) | Neil Sheehan |
| | B) | Daniel Ellsberg |
| | C) | Robert McNamara |
| | D) | President Nixon |
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