This would mean that Mr. Limbaugh could pick out the seven or eight most egregious liars

How About An Action In Truth?

By Bruce Walker
Saturday, October 17, 2009

Supreme Court interpretations have made the judicial proof of defamation so hard that public figures like Rush Limbaugh have no real chance of proving the lies of those who would defame them. Defamation, the Supreme Court determined for public figures, cannot be judicially pursued unless actual malice can also be proven by the person who is factually wrong.

The result is that we all can rest assured that almost anyone can say almost anything against almost any public figure with no legal recourse available. Slander, half-truth, factual inaccuracy and a host of other plagues make the forum of public debate pocked with nonsense and error. Why not have an “Action for Truth,â€