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It's Legal to Defame Public Figures in US
Everything I have read indicates that as long as the ex students used their real names in the MySpace profiles there is nothing the principle can do and nothing MySpace should have done. That is unless the principle lead a very private life. Usually that isn't the case. Principles often talk to the press, seek publicity etc.

Let me remind all that judges get defamed in the USA all the time. Look at Judge Jackson. The same is true with business executives and anyone running for office, any talk show host and any reporter or blogger. In other words anyone who seeks to be in the public eye.

In the USA we do not have a government that protects consumers from those who would defraud us. Hence we have a mechanism to get the word out on embezzlers, cheats, frauds, robber barons. That mechanism is the public press of which the Internet and MySpace now is.

Of course there have been efforts to make the US more EU like. May God Save US from That!

Frank L. Mighetto CCP
Posted by: mighetto   Posted on: 04/09/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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HarHar  ibabadur1 | 04/09/07
Get your spelling straight  Tony R. | 04/09/07
get a life  Brandon_J5 | 04/10/07
Agrred...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/10/07
Mi two! (NT)  Spoon Jabber | 04/10/07
PRINCIPAL  wtl48@... | 04/12/07
of course  Badgered | 04/09/07
"how to best raise their child"  dobestpossible@... | 04/09/07
On the other hand,  justanitguy | 04/09/07
It's Legal to Defame Public Figures in US  mighetto | 04/09/07
Public Figure?  Oregon_Polar | 04/09/07
I think you are correct...  BitTwiddler | 04/10/07
And your school taught what?  john@... | 04/10/07
Parody's  wtl48@... | 04/12/07
check it out  voska | 04/10/07
Sorry, he is NOT a public figure  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/10/07
Man, that's three times!  Spoon Jabber | 04/10/07
Affected his 1st job and his reputation thusly his life  Boot_Agnostic | 04/10/07
Stupid kids  Beat a Dead Horse | 04/10/07
Yes! Have we learned nothing...  Spoon Jabber | 04/10/07
School should not have suspended the student  Dr_Zinj | 04/12/07
Doesn't the mention of incident(s) at school or with school people  Boot_Agnostic | 04/12/07
No, they absolutely should have  Spoon Jabber | 04/13/07
eric trosch  chavo55 | 05/12/07

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