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azncindy619 · **on:** Aug 11, 2018

Circle each answer that is true about defamation, libel and slander

a) There is no material difference; each refers to different usages of the same term.
b) Libel and slander are forms of defamation.
c) Libel traditionally refers to defamation in print; slander to spoken or oral
defamation.
d) Only slander applies to broadcast and Internet news.

Question 2

Codes of Ethics can serve to

a) protect journalists and the companies for which they work from lawsuits.
b) protect members of the public.
c) provide broadcast and online journalists with justification for their moral and ethical
decisions.
d) all of the above.