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Journalism Law

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1. A constructive trust is a proper manner of relinquishing the profits of one who abuses a confidential position.






2. A proper search warrant could be applied to a newspaper as well as to anyone else without necessarily violating the First Amendment rights to freedom of the press.






3. In an invasion of privacy tort - an action that characterizes a person falsely. Often the person is misrepresented by quoting out of context - the careless use of photos or cutlines - or by using a picture from one story as a picture for another.






4. The First Amendment protection for students does not require a public school to print speech when they can justify their decision by stating it is lewd - indecent or offensive - or have legitimate pedagogical concerns.






5. Written defamation which causes injury to another's reputation






6. As long as speech was about a public official (figure) could not reasonably be construed to state actual facts about its subject - it is protected by the first amendment.






7. In an invasion of privacy tort - the right an individual has to profit from their likeness - or to prevent others from gaining value for their own commercial benefit






8. For presidential searches - MI supreme court ruled universities are 4th arm of government - and must conduct search in public.






9. Truth is only a defense in privacy cases when it's in a case of _______






10. Reconfirmed that you cannot censor news media and its coverage unless theirs a clear and present danger.






11. Qualified privilege allows newspapers to report on both sides of a story as long as the sources are qualified. Created doctrine of neutral reportage






12. There is a First amendment right of access to trials

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13. If an ongoing - criminal investigation is actively underway - discretion may be used under the exemption claim in FOIA to withhold some documents.






14. No guarantee of immunity for media ride alongs.






15. If a quote is altered - in order for a publication to be sued the plaintiff must prove the meaning portrayed in altered quote is dramatically different than the actual quote






16. Publication - identification - defamation - harm and damages






17. Minor errors do not count as actual malice.






18. Anything punishable by more than a year in jail






19. Under FOIA - personell records may be released - subject to 'appropriate redactions.'






20. There is a first amendment right of access to the public to cover and attend trials.






21. If you obtain material from a third party illegally - media are still protected and can publish.






22. Criminal matters anything less than a year in jail






23. Journalists and citizens must first obey court orders first before seeking appeal - even if they believe the order is unconstitutional






24. Only in Massachusetts - you can close a preliminary hearing if the case is a sexual assault case.






25. Protects all 'persons' from deprivation of life - liberty or property without due process of law.






26. Series of pre trail hearings: court created devices to weed out inadmissible evidence prior to trial. Often determine bargaining of prosecution and defendant to come up with plea bargain. Most cases are ended with plea bargain and don't go to trial.






27. MI Supreme Court ruled directory information of teachers cannot be disclosed. (home address and phone number)






28. Broadcasters are immune from liability if political candidates defame someone while under section 315






29. A person vs. a person (corporation can be a person too






30. A judgment made by the court before or during a trial. This judgment is in repsonse to a motion by the plaintiff or defendant - who claims there is not enough evidence or there is no dispute that the information given is fact.






31. Newspaper must have known material falsity - material falsity became standard of proof in Michigan.






32. Enforced freelancer/copyright actions - and publishers who were doing more than compile the stories had to pay the reporters. Electronic publications (putting it online) makes it a new publication.






33. The power of authority of a particular court to hear and adjudicate matters in dispute






34. There is liability even if the news organization reports both sides - if the sources are not credible.






35. In Michigan - there's an absolute right of public to be present during jury selection.






36. The declaration of a final judgment based on the evidence presented






37. Newspapers do not have an equal time requirement like broadcast has.






38. (privacy) There are areas around you that are a 'zone of privacy'






39. (privacy) a. Because of who you are - you have a right to profit from your image b. Endorsements






40. The Sixth Amendment rights of a defendant outweigh the First Amendment of the press in cases where the press can have prejudicial outcome of the defendant's trial.






41. The press has no greater constitutional right to access penal facilities than any member of the general public






42. This protects the media from liability of defamatory statements made during official proceedings. The published story must be a fair and accurate account of what happened.






43. Damages presumed - Falsely accusing someone of a crime - Statements concerning race or political belief - Damaging someone in their business - Ex. calling brain surgeon 'butterfingers'






44. In the case where a party challenges the underlying facts that support a trial court's decision - the appellate court must defer to the trial court's view of the facts.






45. Money damages awarded to the injured party as compensation for a specific loss






46. The OMA does not allow public bodies to bypass the law by closing meetings or doing round robin phone calls. universities are not exempt from FOIA in cases of public records.






47. Lowest court handles: Tickets - civil matter - Misdemeanor - Felonies






48. The government cannot censor. In order to exercise prior restraint - the Government must show sufficient evidence that the publication would cause a 'grave and irreparable' danger.






49. Opinion - privilege - fair comment - truth - constitutional defenses






50. Friend of the court.