The term “public figure” goes way beyond politicians. Of course Alex is a public figure, because he broadcasts to hundreds of thousands. He intentionally “puts himself out there” with performances and opinion pieces.
You and I would not be considered public figures in this context because (I am assuming) we are not intentionally putting our face, voice, and likeness out there for public consumption.
I am sure there are legal terms for all of this. But I believe that is the gist of it.
“You and I would not be considered public figures in this context because (I am assuming) we are not intentionally putting our face, voice, and likeness out there for public consumption.”
See my comment below re: if I went on radio and made a similar comment against the left. Does being ON the radio then make you a public figure? If you are on the radio consistently, are your 2nd Amendment rights automatically suspended? So many questions...
Does this mean we get to go after the news-liars on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, NPR and FOX News for spreading lies that caused normal Americans to vote for the evil Democrats and all the disaster that caused?
George Stephanopolous owes us many billions for helping to get that scumbag Barack Obama elected when he corrected him from saying "My Muslim Faith."
If this is the standard we are going to use to deal with people that have cameras and microphones, I'm all for using that weapon to decapitate the entire army of media-liars feeding the nation bullsh*t like the RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA! Hoax.
When they start dropping billion dollar verdicts on Rachel Maddow, David Muir and all the other news liars, then we might regard it as legitimate to apply this standard to Alex Jones.