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Libel and the Opinion Writer: The Fact-Opinion Distinction.
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Stonecipher, Harry W.; Sneed, Don – Journalism Quarterly, 1987
Presents a brief overview of both the common law and constitutional privileges protecting the expression of opinion. Notes that, although the case of "Ollman v. Evans" provides a four-factor test to make the fact-opinion distinction, ambiguity is still evident in many cases. (MM)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Court Litigation, Editorials, Freedom of Information
Learn to Avoid a Mess with the Student Press.
Cramer, Jerome – Executive Educator, 1985
The First Amendment protects editors of school newspapers. Accordingly, school policy should offer students due process rights, and the newspaper adviser, who is instrumental in controlling the content of student publications, should be chosen with care. (TE)
Descriptors: Censorship, Constitutional Law, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education
Has the Pen of the Press Been Turned into a Weapon?
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Manemann, Mary – Update on Law-Related Education, 1985
Freedom of the press and the extent of constraints upon that freedom are examined. Some recent Supreme Court rulings are discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Censorship, Civil Rights, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law
An Attorney's View of the Alabama Textbook Case.
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Parker, Thomas F., IV – Communication Education, 1987
An attorney for the plaintiffs in the "Smith vs. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, Alabama" case recounts his impressions of the trial, focusing on the nature of the press coverage. (NKA)
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Court Judges