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“Take it upon [yourself] to learn the basics . . . . [K]ids need . . . to learn history. Because kids say to me all the time when I say something from history: ‘How should I know about that? I wasn’t born.’ Oh, really? So nothing happened before you were born? . . . Kids need to learn history so they can put themselves in the proper place, which is of great insignificance . . . . The problem with kids today is not too little self-esteem, it’s too much. And history, I think, learning a big picture, is very important in that.”

Source: Bill Maher spoke with Christine Barbour and Gerald C. Wright on May 9, 2005.

The Court’s rulings attempt to give the press some leeway in its actions. Without Sullivan, investigative journalism would never have been able to uncover the role of the United States in Vietnam, for instance, or the Watergate cover-up. Freedom of the press, and thus the public’s interest in keeping a critical eye on government, are clearly the winners here. The Court’s view is that when individuals put themselves in the public domain, the public’s interest in the truth outweighs the protection of their privacy.