Vienna is a quiet, reclusive, stay-at-home mom. However, last week she became a ____________ after she rescued her neighbor's child from drowning in canal and was interviewed on national television as "America's Mom." As long as her notoriety lasts, she will be held to the ____________ test.

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Vienna has become a temporary public figure. Temporary public figures are people who are placed against their will into the public view by some event beyond their control. Accordingly, as long as her notoriety lasts, journalists would be protected by the actual malice test when they write about her.

Vienna Is a Quiet, Reclusive, Stay-At-Home Mom