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A lot goes into becoming a public figure and building a brand, and nothing happens overnight.
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Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
To be a public figure is to be at risk, and both political leaders and entertainers have long been subjected to threats, stalking, and even assassinations by unwell people who have developed an obsession with them from afar.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Social media outrage over someone celebrating a violent assault against a public figure isn’t a new phenomenon and has transcended political lines, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s Adam Goldstein has argued.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Every politician and public figure should be trying to turn down the temperature in this moment, and it's been heartening to see officials on both sides of the aisle condemn the attack on Kirk.
—Peter Aitken
jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
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Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
To be a public figure is to be at risk, and both political leaders and entertainers have long been subjected to threats, stalking, and even assassinations by unwell people who have developed an obsession with them from afar.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Social media outrage over someone celebrating a violent assault against a public figure isn’t a new phenomenon and has transcended political lines, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s Adam Goldstein has argued.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Every politician and public figure should be trying to turn down the temperature in this moment, and it's been heartening to see officials on both sides of the aisle condemn the attack on Kirk.
—Peter Aitken
jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Public figure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20figure. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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