www.expertlaw.com/library/personal_injury/... Public FiguresUnder the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, as set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1964 Case,
New York Times v Sullivan where a public figure attempts to bring an action for defamation, the public figure must prove an additional element: That the statement was made with "actual malice". In translation, that means that the person making the statement knew the statement to be false, or issued the statement with reckless disregard as to its truth.
This is why Clinton's lawyers and Albright's lawyers sent ABC/Disney letters specifying which scenes in the movie were completely fabricated and never happened.
They were laying the groundwork for a successful lawsuit, imho, and showing that ABC/Disney proceeded with "actual malice" -- that they did know that those scenes were lies.
