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    boys). The team initially doubts whether the story will pick up traction with the local community, and are hesitant in pursuing it, feeling that Baron (who is neither locally raised nor catholic) is a bit of an outsider who doesn't understand what news is important to Bostonians. The team talk to lawyers who have or are working on alleged sex abuse cases perpetrated by Catholic priests in Boston (those lawyers including Eric MacLeish and Mitchell Garabedian), known victims (such as Phil Saviano,…

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    1. Name of Case New York Times v. Sullivan 376 U.S.254, 84 S.CT. 710 (1964) 2. Facts of Case The New York Times was sued by L.B Sullivan. Sullivan was a commissioner in the city of Montgomery. Sullivan wanted compensation for advertisements posted in the Times. The advertisement was published on March 29, 1960. The advertisement was called, “Heed Their Rising Voices,” and complained about the status of civil rights in the South. It was a long advertisement with some factual inaccuracies.…

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    amendment expresses Congress is unable to restrict one’s freedom of speech. Trump wishes to restrict what people are able to say in the media,and the opposition feels that by doing so Trump is abridging their rights. Furthermore, they argue the case New York Times vs Sullivan further backed up their argument. The case concluded that evidence would be required in order to sue for libel. According to the case, there had to be evidence of malicious intent. The case defined malice as knowledge the…

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    Masson v. New Yorker, 501 U.S. 496 (1991) Facts: After being fired from the Sigmund Freud Archives, Jeffery Masson interviewed with Janet Malcolm, a New Yorker magazine reporter. Malcolm’s article contained long quotes from Masson that presented Masson as conceded and condescending. Malcolm fabricated the more offensive quotes and Masson sued for Libel. The Law: “The First Amendment protects authors and journalists who write about public figures by requiring a plaintiff to prove that the…

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    Jones’s racism didn’t seem to change his views on the case, though, because he refused to charge the New York Times saying that the jury must be “convinced of malice, in the sense of actual intent, to harm or gross negligence and recklessness (Cornell.edu). Under the first amendments, no one can be proved guilty unless it is considered actual malice whether…

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    does really well as a television program creator and producer. He has earned for himself the 75th place on the list of the 100 richest comedians with a net worth of 15 million dollars. The bulk of his net worth was acquired as a radio and television personality. Carolla got where he is today by working first, as a carpenter and builder, and also being a boxing trainer in his spare time. Carolla became familiar with comedy and got his start in comedy with The Groundlings, an improv group, which…

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    The author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs.Rosa Parks, Jeanne Theoharis has completed a great deal of work in her field. Theoharis is a well known professor with concentration in Political Science at Brooklyn College of the University of New York. Theoharis is known for her work regarding the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power Movement. Theoharis began her post-secondary education at the Harvard University where she majored in Afro-American studies and obtained her Bachelors of Arts degree…

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    help make your decisions. The power of the crowd to reinforce our beliefs and choices is nothing new. If you have every bought a book from The New York Times Best Seller list, social proof has influenced your behavior. There are many complicated descriptions of social proof floating around cyberspace. However, there isn't anything all that convoluted about it. When you are thinking about trying a new restaurant, you will search for online reviews. If you are in the market to buy your first…

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    ranked in the Times bestseller list, including twenty-nine that debuted in the number-one spot. Some of her books have made it to movies such as Sanctuary and Magic Moments. Nora Roberts has made a name for herself in the romance shelf in stores. She has a book series named In Death that has over forty books. Most of those are best sellers. If you want to read a great future, homicide cop book Naked in Death is the book for you. The book setting is in 2058, New York city, New York. The city…

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    Carrie was not King’s first appearance on the best-sellers list (Wood 43). King’s first three novels Carrie, Salem’s Slot, and The Shining were all very popular (Bernard 200). He is a great writer and has the statistics to show for it. First author to have three books on the New York Times best-seller list at the same time (Bernard 198). “Stephen King is the most remarkable publishing phenomenon in modern literature” (Bernard 199).…

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