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Libel and Slander

Scope Note: 
Any oral or printed false statements (including photographs or pictures) that injure another's reputation -- also, the act of uttering, publishing, or broadcasting such statements
Category: Social Problems
Use this term instead of
Defamation of Character
Slander
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Added to ERIC: 12/11/1989