Kirby Delauter | |
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Council Member, District 5, Frederick County, Maryland | |
Personal details | |
Domestic partner | Tina Delauter |
Residence(s) | Thurmont, Maryland |
Alma mater | Catoctin High School |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | Kirby Delauter, Council Member - District 5 |
Kirby Delauter is an American politician and businessman elected to the Frederick County, Maryland council in 2014, representing District 5.[1][2]
Frederick News-Post Incident and Subsequent Internet Infamy
Delauter was raised from relative political obscurity when, in a Facebook post, he criticized reporter Bethany Rodgers of the Frederick News-Post "for an unauthorized use of my name and my reference" in an article over the weekend of 3-4 January, 2014.[3] In the post, Delauter chastized the reporter for using Delauter's name in an article without his authorization. In a subsequent post, Delauter threatened the reporter with legal action by stating: "Use my name again unauthorized and you'll be paying for an Attorney (sic). Your rights stop where mine start" (sic)[4] The paper's staff made light of the incident with an editorial published on January 6, 2015 that included Delauter's full name several times.[5]
Delauter's apparent ignorance of the First Amendment freedoms granted to members of the press, as well as his decision to use Facebook to vent his irritation at the reporter who used his name in her story, went viral on the Internet. The incident has since received attention from the international press and has been the subject of articles in The Washington Post and BBC News.[6][7]
References
- ^ http://www.frederickcountymd.gov/4336/Kirby-Delauter
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_County,_Maryland#Charter_government
- ^ http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/maryland-council-member
- ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/01/05/this-post-shamelessly-uses-frederick-county-md-council-member-kirby-delauters-name-without-authorization/
- ^ http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/kirby-delauter-kirby-delauter-kirby-delauter/article_da85d6f4-fa3c-524f-bbf6-8e5ddc0d1c0a.html/
- ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/01/05/this-post-shamelessly-uses-frederick-county-md-council-member-kirby-delauters-name-without-authorization/
- ^ http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-30704516