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| Mike Roemer | Public Official |  <![CDATA[<a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=jpg::::/sites/dl/free/0073511935/535073/NRW_plus_25_p2.jpg','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (34.0K)</a>]]>
| Mike Roemer | Private Individuals |
| Reporters are in safer territory dealing with public figures and public officials than they are with private individuals. The courts have ruled that people in the public eye or those involved in public acts have to prove "actual malice" in libel proceedings. But private individuals have a lower barrier to overcome should they bring suit. All they need to prove is that either they were defamed or that their privacy was invaded.  <![CDATA[<a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=jpg::::/sites/dl/free/0073511935/535073/NRW_plus_25_p3.jpg','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (30.0K)</a>]]>
| Katherine E. Friedrich, Times Union | Public Figure |
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