Good day Prof. Khan and classmates,
My assigned article is titled “Establishing
Constitutional Malice for Defamation and Privacy in the Use of Hidden Cameras
(2002)” by David A. Elder, Neville L. Johnson and Brian
A. Rishwain. Elder is a Professor of Law and author of the Law of Privacy and
Defamation: A Lawyer’s Guide.Johnson and Rishwain are trial counsels
specializing on libel, invasion of privacy and right of publicity.
(Kindly follow the link for the pdf file
To simplify the understanding of the article, I organized
it as follows:
A. Definition
of Terms
B. Summary
points of the Article
C. Role
of the Hidden Camera
D. Deception
in Journalism
E. The
case of Food Lion vs. ABC Primetime http://www.scribd.com/doc/102604311/Food-Lion-Suit-Against-ABC
G. Local
Cases (Imbestigador, XXX and Bitag plus an Article from PJR Reports in December
2007 p. 6 "A Bait for a Story" http://www.scribd.com/doc/102604382/PJR-Reports-December-2007)
H. Points
of Discussion
To facilitate flow of insights from the
article, may I request you to share your opinion on the points of discussion I
have provided:
Many journalists continue to believe
that they are involved in a calling so high as to entitle them to rights not
given to ordinary citizens. Are media professionals bound by the same standards
of moral conduct as the citizens they serve?
Why is privacy important to discuss in
media ethics?
If the central idea of justice is
fairness, meaning all individuals are treated alike in terms of what they
should deserve, what journalistic guidelines should media practitioners employ
as far as deception and privacy issues are concerned?
