Politician threatens to sue reporter for his name appearing in the newspaper

[KevinNYC]

He claimed a reporter must be "authorized" to use his name. Hiliarity, hundreds of news articles and a hashtag ensue.

Here's councilman Kirby Delauter completely misunderstanding the first ammendment. (http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/delauter-to-the-news-post-don-t-use-my-name/article_e965025f-6c48-5a02-b162-600dfd2b5495.html)

[QUOTE]Delauter said he would pursue legal action if his name or reference were published again.

[KevinNYC]

The editorial by the paper is pretty good.

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/kirby-delauter-kirby-delauter-kirby-delauter/article_da85d6f4-fa3c-524f-bbf6-8e5ddc0d1c0a.html


Knowing Councilman Kirby Delauter as we do, we weren't surprised that he threatened The Frederick News-Post with a lawsuit because we had, he says — and we're not making this up — been putting Kirby Delauter's name in the paper without Kirby Delauter’s authorization. Attorneys would be called, Kirby Delauter said.
In fact, we spent quite some time laughing about it. Kirby Delauter, an elected official; Kirby Delauter, a public figure? Surely, Kirby Delauter can't be serious? Kirby Delauter’s making a joke, right?

The whole thing is pretty good.

[Droid101]

Kirby Delauter sounds like a huge douchebag.

Do you think Kirby Delauter reads Insidehoops? I hope Kirby Delauter does.