Question

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?

Answer 1

Scenario A- Slanderous

Scenario B- Libelous

A was spoken and B was in the newspaper

Answer 2

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.