Question

XYZ cable channel ran a story about an E. Coli outbreak in a national chain of restaurants serving Mexican cuisine. They showed a video of a local Mexican eatery not part of that national chain. What tort was committed by the cable company? O A. Appropriation B. Public disclosure of private information O C. False light D. Intrusion of solitude​

Answer 1

The use of information to falsely accuse a company such as it occurred when XYZ ran a story that was not related to the restaurant they wanted to accuse is an example of False light (option C)

The false light is:

A grievance of the laws of the United States that refers to defamation.

They include a person's right to protection against false publicity to the public.

This right must be in balance with freedom of expression.

According to the above, in the situation, the cable channel XYZ incurred false light because they showed a video of a restaurant chain different from the restaurant chain in which there was an outbreak of E. coli.

Therefore, the chain of restaurants in the video would be affected by defamation because it did not correspond to the case of the E. coli outbreak. So the correct answer is C. False light.