Chapter 23 Self-test questions

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. The public interest defence can be used for journalists to:

Investigate official documents correct incorrect

Safely publish material which they can't prove to be true correct incorrect

Breach someone's reasonable expectation of privacy correct incorrect

Publish defamatory statements about someone's private affairs correct incorrect

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. For the public interest defence to apply, the defendant must show that they ________ believed that publishing the statement complained of was in the public interest.

Your response

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. Creating an audit trail of decision making throughout the investigative and publication process will be counted as evidence to support the public interest defence.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The public interest defence in section 4 of the 2013 Act replaced the Reynolds defence. In this 1999 judgement Lord Nicholls set out a non-exhaustive list of factors a court should consider when examining whether what was published was the product of responsible journalism and therefore whether it could be protected. Which of the following is not on the list of 10 factors?

The seriousness of the allegation correct incorrect

The source of the information correct incorrect

The intended destination of the information correct incorrect

Whether comment was sought before publication from the claimant correct incorrect

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. If a report in the public interest of a dispute between two parties features even-handed reporting and an accurate and impartial account of a dispute to which the claimant was a party, the _______ reportage defence can be used.

Your response