Re:Dominion Voting Systems Sues Rudy Giuliani
by dragonwriter on Monday January 25, 2021 @01:10PM
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> Most people (even people who follow politics) weren’t familiar with Obama before 2007 election cycle.
Obama was a public official, so the standards for public figures that aren’t public officials wouldn’t apply.
Re:Dominion Voting Systems Sues Rudy Giuliani
by kevinmchugh on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @09:53AM
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Obama became familiar to politics-followers with his 2004 DNC speech, which instantly short listed him for the next Democratic primary. It also made him so popular he went around the country campaigning for other candidates. That's very unusual for a state representative in their first high-profile race. (It helped that he was basically unopposed in his Senate bid)
The Covenant Kid was thrust into the media and when he sued for defamation, at least some judges accepted the claim that he was a public figure — even though he was suing over the very thing that thrust him into the national spotlight.