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Jones Is a Reporter for Channel 10

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Jones is a reporter for Channel 10.Jones interviews Kennedy about a group that robs elderly people's houses in the community.Jones says Kennedy's name will not appear in the story.But the Channel 10 news producer insists Kennedy's name be part of the story.After Kennedy hears the story,Kennedy sues Jones,the news producer,and Channel 10 for breaking Jones' promise.Kennedy will


A) win because the U.S.Supreme Court and other courts have said the First Amendment does not protect reporters who break confidentiality promises.
B) lose because the producer ordered Jones to reveal Kennedy's name; Jones did not do so voluntarily.
C) lose because the U.S.Supreme Court and other courts have said the First Amendment protects reporters who break confidentiality promises.
D) lose because no one can sue for a broken oral promise,only for violating a written contract.

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