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Jon Stewart's 10 Best Religion Moments

Jon Stewart announcet his'n plun ta step down as host o'“T' Dailee Shoe” un Tuesdee, leevin a post he has helt fer t'bett'r part o'acoupla decades.”It’s bee un honer an' un absolute privilege, t'honer o'my professyunal life,” he sed durin Tuesdee’s...

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Privilege

Privilege is a legal defence which offers protection for journalists (conditionally), and allows them to report on material which may be defamatory or untrue.

It protects journalists from facing legal action, i.e. being sued for libel, provided journalists meet certain conditions in their reporting. There are two types of privilege and the conditions which must be met differ depending on the type.

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Libel and Defamation

NB: Since my previous post about libel and defamation there has been a change to the law in this area, following the Defamation Act 2013. These changes, which I will discuss, are generally beneficial for writers and journalists.

Libel

Libel is a huge danger area for journalists; losing legal action for libel can, at best, result in large monetary settlements and severely damage a journalist’s…

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Reporting Crime

Reporting on criminal activity is one of the areas of journalism which carries the most potential risk for a journalist, broadcaster or publisher, because the law around what can and cannot be said is extremely strict, and there is little leniency for anyone who is found to break it; even inadvertently.

The two prohibited acts a journalist risks committing when reporting on a crime are contempt…

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