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To: jlallen who wrote (313654)	7/8/2009 8:41:35 AM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793843

Thanks, Hopefully she gains a little flexibility elsewhere. :) * * *

To: jlallen who wrote (313654)	7/8/2009 10:10:37 AM
From: Alan Smithee	3 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793843

She will still be a public figure....suing the press will be an uphill battle with little prospect of success unless she can prove the knowing publication of known falsehoods....that standard set in NYT v. Sullivan still applies I think. Her kids aren't public figures. Let an idiot like Letterman or some blogger trash and defame her kids and she'll be all over them on behalf of her kids. Don't want to mess with momma bear protecting her cubs.

To: jlallen who wrote (313654)	7/8/2009 12:00:20 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793843

Not being an attorney, I had to rely on Wikipedia. Malice is plainly obvious, in my opinion. However, if I were Todd, I'd say "Stuff it Babe, we're going fishing." Is this a correct synopsis? New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964),[1] was a United States Supreme Court case which established the actual malice standard which has to be met before press reports about public officials or public figures can be considered to be defamation and libel; and hence allowed free reporting of the civil rights campaigns in the southern United States. It is one of the key decisions supporting the freedom of the press. The actual malice standard requires that the plaintiff in a defamation or libel case prove that the publisher of the statement in question knew that the statement was false or acted in reckless disregard of its truth or falsity. Because of the extremely high burden of proof on the plaintiff, and the difficulty in proving essentially what is inside a person's head, such cases—when they involve public figures—rarely prevail. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (8 July 2009) en.wikipedia.org