Lawmaker's Facebook Rant Threatens Media For "Unauthorized" Use of His Name

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 7, 2015 @07:58AM from the keep-my-name-out-of-it dept.

An anonymous reader points out that Frederick County Councilman Kirby Delauter may be in need of a First Amendment lesson. "Apparently, a local Maryland politician ditched his civics class the day press freedoms were discussed. How else to explain Frederick County Councilman Kirby Delauter's recent Facebook rant in which he threatened a local newspaper with litigation because—wait for it—his name was used in print without his permission. 'Use my name again unauthorized and you'll be paying for an Attorney. Your rights stop where mine start,' Kirby Delauter, the councilman, posted on his Facebook page. He added: 'So let me be clear.........do not contact me and do not use my name or reference me in an authorized form in the future.'"

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Re:Where rights stop and start by Vermonter · 2015-01-07 08:12 · Score: 4, Insightful

I don't think he was incorrect that "their rights stopped where his started", I think he just doesn't realize where his rights actually start.
Republican (for the record) by DumbSwede · 2015-01-07 08:17 · Score: 5, Insightful

Most stories omit his party affiliation.
So pleased to see he is keeping up the (new) Republican tradition of being bat-shit insane.

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The newspaper clearly has a sense of humor by Registered+Coward+v2 · 2015-01-07 08:19 · Score: 4, Insightful

They ran an editorial about it:
he who shall be named repeatedly

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Bethany Rodgers by tentative · 2015-01-07 09:00 · Score: 4, Insightful

I particularly like how he calls the reported out by name - presumably unauthorized...