chapter 2 vocab

the ability to inspire 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

damaging false statements against another person or institution that appear in writing or that are spoken from a written script

the idea that once a forum is created, the ideas expressed there cannot later be controlled

statements made on the floor of congress, in the state legislature, or in a courtroom that, if published, are immune from libel suits

the legal idea that school authories act"in place of the parent" and assume a parents rights,duties,and responsibilities.

the taking and using as ones own the writings or inventios of another person

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

censorship, or restraint in advance of publication.

fictional characters a news writer creates by using chracteristics of several real people.