WATCH ABOVE: Aaron McArthur talks with Keith Baldry about the Twitter confusion
In the age of Twitter, you can get 15 minutes of fame for the strangest things.
Keith Baldry, an Australian man who goes by @keithbaldry on Twitter, has been dragged into the B.C. teachers dispute, to the point where he had to issue a public clarification that went viral today.
Turns out the number of people accidentally tweeting Baldry, rather than Global BC’s Keith Baldrey, keeps increasing as the strike drags on.
The note quickly went viral, and led to to the Vancouver Sun and CKNW writing stories on the confusion.
It’s bemusing to both Keiths.
“Everybody’s been nice to me, so it’s been an interesting distraction,” said Baldry, who has been offered beers and accommodation by people in Vancouver should he ever visit.
Baldrey, who receives dozens and dozens of impassioned tweets from teachers every day, is enjoying the fun.
“He’s probably wondering ‘how come people are complaining about his hair?'”
Not so, says Baldry.
“Nobody’s been asking about my hair, but I have notes from the tweets that it’s a topic of conversation.”
As for Baldry’s views on the dispute?
“My wife’s a teacher, I’m a parent and a taxpayer, so it’s obviously a very interesting subject,” he says.
“But no, I’m not the one to comment on that.”
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