A public rutabaga would have to show actual malice, which means that newspersons knowingly published falsehoods about the rutabaga in question or acted in reckless disregard of whether their reports were true or not. To prove they were not reckless, reporters would have to show they attempted to get all sides. Of course, it's kind of difficult to get a comment from a cabbage, but they will have to demonstrate they tried to find a cabbage spokesperson somewhere. There's no doubt the bar will have a field day. But hey, you know what they say.
Every artichoke deserves an attorney.
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