This is correct, but by any standard or definition, Stossel is a public figure. He's a television host (and was a correspondent and then co-anchor for one of th

This is correct, but by any standard or definition, Stossel is a public figure. He's a television host (and was a correspondent and then co-anchor for one of the biggest newsmagazine programs in the US), he's been an author, a syndicated columnist, he’s won 19 Emmys. He’s an incredibly famous libertarian (I would argue he was probably the most prominent libertarian commentator in the media until he left television). He's a public figure. The fact that he’s on this website with a headline that includes his name is proof that he’s a public figure. But yes, it can be very fact specific.