[Poohbah]

They would have had to say that knowing that he was not motivated by______ fill in the blank , and that they meant to defraud a whole group of people into believing something that they knew was not true, causing them undo harm, and meaning to cause intentioanl harm to Micahel.

Only if Schiavo is declared to be a public person--and that is not guaranteed.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Since when do we need a bunch of lawyers to tell us who is a public person and who is not. The mere fact that so many people know about him makes him a public figure, people who are not public figures do not go on Larry King.