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23 April, 23:49

Consider the following scenarios and then answer the question.

A. A man walks into the campaign headquarters of a famous politician and begins shouting about how the politician is a drug user and adulterer.

B. A newspaper publishes a story about the same politician, falsely accusing him of corruption and criminal activity.

Which of these two scenarios is libelous, and which is slanderous?

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  1. 24 April, 02:36
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    Slander refers to the spoken statement that is aimed to damage a person's reputation, while a libel refers to a written statement that is aimed to damage a person's reputation.

    Based on that, Scenario A is slanderous since it was spoken and scenario B is libelous since it was written in a newspaper.
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