Which of the following fact patterns is not likely to entitle a journalist to invoke the fair report privilege:

Group of answer choices

A. The reporter writes a news story based upon a police report about a recent murder. The police report inaccurately identifies a suspect and that person sues the reporter for libel.

B. The reporter is covering a city council meeting and bases his story almost entirely upon the written transcript of the proceeding, but also includes a statement made by a city council member during the proceeding that was defamatory to an audience member and was not included in the official transcript. The audience member sues the reporter for libel.

C. The reporter uses an email sent from the mayor of Pleasanton to the police chief as the source of a story. In the email, the mayor asks the chief to investigate a local bar owner for operating a prostitution ring. The reporter obtained the email through a public records request and accurately reported what the email contained. Unfortunately, the email contained libelous information and the bar owner sues the reporter.

D. The reporter writes a story about a string of robberies in a Pleasanton neighborhood. The reporter interviews a witness who inaccurately identifies a neighbor's son as the culprit. The witness also gave that information to the investigating police officer, who put it in his official report. But the reporter does not have a copy of that police report when he writes and publishes the story. The neighbor and son hire an attorney and sue the paper for libel.