This can't be true. Are you sure Kerry is threatening to sue? Nobody could be that stupid. This has got to be some kind of bizarro rumor...
Terayza must be mainlining Thorazine right about now.
Someone's gotta be hittin the Wendys BIGTIME right about now.
Great minds...
This is either TOO good to be true, or the Kerry camp is too stupid to live.
No, Rush towards the last 2 minutes of his show had just been handed a piece of paper from a law firm in Washington for Kerry and the DNC itself stating that the Swift Boat ads were untrue and the veterans in the ads were frauds. Rush went on to state that the "lawyers" were asking the media not to carry these ads or run them.
Actual Malice is what plaintiffs in the public eye have to prove in order to win a libel case. Actual malice is the act of publishing or broadcasting statements with prior knowledge of the inaccuracy of the statement or a reckless disregard for the truth.
"Public Principle" refers to the heavier burden of proof carried by public figures such as entertainers and politicians than that carried by private citizens. Public principle is grounded in the belief that these persons ought to expect a thorough examination of their public actions. Also, public figures have an advantage over private citizens because they have access to the media to respond to criticism.