FSOT Practice Questions and Answers Updated

FSOT Practice Questions and Answers Updated

What is the Freedom of Information Act? - allows press access to public documentsWhat is the Offending effrontery in relation to journalists? - has to do with obscenityThe journalist may print what he wishes about others, but if that information is wrongand harmful to others' reputation, the writer must suffer the consequences. Suchprotection for subjects of stories comes under the auspices of which of the followingacts?
A. Freedom of Information
B. Property Protection
C. Offending Effrontery
D. Defamation - D. Defamation
In some instances, journalists may find that there is a conflict between the 1st
Amendment and the 6th amendment, the latter having to do with
A. the right to keep and bear arms
B. the right to a speedy public trial
C. privacy
D. copyright - B. Right to a speedy public trial is subject of the the 6th Amendment andwhen journalists try to cover trials, there can sometimes be a conflict between freedomof the press and a fair trial. The largest circulated daily newspaper in the U.S. is
A. USA Today
B. The Wall Street Journal
C. The New York Times
D. The Washington Post - B. The Wall Street Journal
A joint operating agreement provides for
A. competing newspapers to combine their circulation and advertising but leavetheir
editorial functions separate
B. Advertising in newspapers working with competitors in setting rates
C. legislation that allows for multiple owner, large newspaper chains
D. an agreement that all newspapers in a chain may be printed fromthe samepress- A. A is the definition of a joint operating agreement.