1. Situation Imagine you are a reporter for a little time paper and are in need of a story. You have a tip that a local business is participating in some shady business. As a reporter looking to report the truth you decide to turn in a resume with enhanced information. This allows you to […]
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
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September 18, 2011
September 18, 2011
Time, Inc. v. Firestone (1976) Facts of Case: Mary Firestone was married to Russel Firestone, heir to the Firestone tire company fortune. Mary filed for divorce, with her husband filing a counterclaim against for for “extreme cruelty and adultery.” Time published the results of the case in it’s magazine as well as a statement from […]
September 18, 2011
1. Situation Have you ever said one thing but others decode it differently? Words are powerful by the way we arrange them in speech and on paper. A single word can change a whole idea. For instance, what if you published a story and used the word her rather than the word Susan? The word […]
September 18, 2011
New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) Facts of Case: After a student-led protest against segregation occurred in the South, the New York Times ran a full page ad entitled, “Heed Their Rising Voices.” Some of the specifics of the advertisement were false, such as the number of times Martin Luther King was jailed. L.B. Sullivan, […]
