Two stories are printed on the same page in a news paper. One of them is about a recent drug pedaling incident and the other is an interview of Mr. Mellon, a renowned guitarist, which includes his photograph. The placement of the two articles and the photograph is such that anyone reading the news paper would feel that Mr. Mellon was involved in the drug pedaling incident. With reference to intrusion of privacy, this is most likely to be an example of:
A) appropriation of name or likeness
B) publication of private facts
C) intrusion upon seclusion
D) false light

Question

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The intentional act of publishing something that puts another in an unfavorable or untruthful light, though it is true, is the tort false light.

Two Stories Are Printed on the Same Page in a News