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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Q2: The U.S.Supreme Court in Zurcher v.Stanford Daily
Q3: Under the doctrine of promissory estoppel,
A)a verbal
Q4: The impact of Cohen v.Cowles Media Co.includes
A)news
Q5: Shield laws
A)exist in all states.
B)exist in all
Q6: Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller
Q7: State shield laws
A)vary both in the nature
Q8: What is the name of the test
Q9: The Supreme Court's three-part test rejects the
Q10: Court use of contempt citations to attempt
Q11: A shield law exists in
A)one state
B)approximately 20
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