Fair Comment

I.        First Amendment
        A.        Often applied to media parties
        B.        "Public's right to know"
        C.        Public individuals can be defamed unless there is a priori knowledge of that the defamation is false and malicious
        D.        Subjective test
        E.        Negligence does not suffice to protect public individuals
                1.        Public officials
                2.        Celebrity
                3.        Public job (e.g. appointees)
                4.        Unintentional celebrities
        F.        Private Person v Private Defendant
                A.        strict liability ruleshttp://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/03/08/2321254
        G.        Private Person v Media
                A.        no strict liability, only negligence
                B.        malice does not need to be proved
        H.        Media v Media
                A.        priv continues unless there is malice
        I.        Public Person v Media
                A.         no collection unless malice
        J.        Private v Private
                A.        strict liability will work
        K.        Damages
                1.        No presumed general damages
                2.        Show actual injury
                3.        If malice shown
                        a.        generals
                        b.        malice
        L.        Political Broadcasts
                1.        if complying with an equal broadcast mandate