MMC 3200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Rowland Evans, Robert Novak, Actual Malice
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Review notes from class, handouts, the material on the blog and the assigned readings from the textbook to prepare for the exam. Remember that approximately 20% of the exam comes directly from the readings. There will be 50 questions a mix of true/false and multiple choice. Cases to know (focus on the legal ruling not the facts) Advertisement in a paper by a an ad hoc coalition of civil rights leaders. Basic thrust of charges in advertisement were true, but contained a bunch of small factual errors. Sullivan sued for ,000- for flasse and defamatory statements about the conduct of. Trial court ruled on behalf of sullivan. Premise of actual malice: could not recover damages in this case unless he proved that the paper published the false and defamatory advertisement knowing it was false. Knowledge of falsity: paper exhibited reckless disregard for the truth.