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Download full textDrechsel, Robert E. – 1987
By scrutinizing the extensive and growing literature on media ethics and media codes, as well as the current history of litigation in libel cases, this paper analyzes the risks presented by journalistic social responsibility in the context of expanding tort liability for what might loosely be called journalistic malpractice. Following a review of…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Court Litigation, Freedom of Speech, Journalism
Peer reviewedParker, 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
