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gerrold_repudiates [2016/04/25 13:15] – edit to tighten Carlos Pedrazagerrold_repudiates [2016/05/02 12:16] – Carlos Pedraza
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 ====== Gerrold Repudiates Axanar Slur ====== ====== Gerrold Repudiates Axanar Slur ======
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 <wrap lo>By [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]] \\ <wrap lo>By [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]] \\
 **AxaMonitor** editor \\ **AxaMonitor** editor \\
-April 25, 2016</wrap> +April 25, 2016</wrap> \\
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 //**__Commentary__**// //**__Commentary__**//
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 Author David Gerrold has repudiated a derogatory quote about me attributed to him by Axanar producer [[Alec Peters]] in order to discredit **AxaMonitor**'s coverage. Author David Gerrold has repudiated a derogatory quote about me attributed to him by Axanar producer [[Alec Peters]] in order to discredit **AxaMonitor**'s coverage.
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-[{{ ::david-gerrold-fb.jpg?&200|**SCIFI AUTHOR** David Gerrold, from his Facebook profile.}}] 
  
 In the 3,969-member public Facebook group Star Trek, Peters criticized **AxaMonitor**'s coverage of [[tommy_kraft|CBS' shutdown]] of the //Star Trek–Horizon//'s sequel this way: In the 3,969-member public Facebook group Star Trek, Peters criticized **AxaMonitor**'s coverage of [[tommy_kraft|CBS' shutdown]] of the //Star Trek–Horizon//'s sequel this way:
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 +> Let's be clear, the writer of that article, Cqarols [sic] Pedraza has a hard on for Axanar and does whatever he can to bash Axanar. He is neither a journalist nor a truth-seeker. He is also someone that David Gerrodl [sic] called a man "With credits and no credential."(([[face>groups/451133181716112/permalink/622895974539831/?comment_id=622952334534195&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R6%22%7D|Alec Peters post to Star Trek Facebook group]], 4/24/16.))
  
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 //**__‘I've had people attach my name to rumor, gossip, and lies before — it's one of the things that really pisses me off. ’__**// — //Scifi author David Gerrold// //**__‘I've had people attach my name to rumor, gossip, and lies before — it's one of the things that really pisses me off. ’__**// — //Scifi author David Gerrold//
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-> Let's be clear, the writer of that article, Cqarols [sic] Pedraza has a hard on for Axanar and does whatever he can to bash Axanar. He is neither a journalist nor a truth-seeker. He is also someone that David Gerrodl [sic] called a man "Wiith credits and no credential."(([[face>groups/451133181716112/permalink/622895974539831/?comment_id=622952334534195&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R6%22%7D|Alec Peters post to Star Trek Facebook group]], 4/24/16.)) 
  
 Peters may not know that David Gerrold and I have been friends for 13 years (we collaborated on the teleplay for the //Star Trek: New Voyages// episode, "Blood and Fire"), so I was alarmed to hear something like this attributed to him. Peters may not know that David Gerrold and I have been friends for 13 years (we collaborated on the teleplay for the //Star Trek: New Voyages// episode, "Blood and Fire"), so I was alarmed to hear something like this attributed to him.
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 As further indication of Peters' unwillingness to engage on the facts, I had to rely on friends for the links to Peters' posts to that Facebook group because (surprise!) he had me blocked from the page. So, all in all, a fantastic apology. As further indication of Peters' unwillingness to engage on the facts, I had to rely on friends for the links to Peters' posts to that Facebook group because (surprise!) he had me blocked from the page. So, all in all, a fantastic apology.
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 +<wrap em>UPDATE</wrap> Peters edited his original post to strike out the portion indicated below. The rest of his invective remains:
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 +> Let's be clear, the writer of that article, Cqarols [sic] Pedraza has a hard on for Axanar and does whatever he can to bash Axanar. He is neither a journalist nor a truth-seeker. <del>He is also someone that David Gerrodl [sic] called a man “Wiith credits and no credential.”</del>(([[face>groups/451133181716112/permalink/622895974539831/?comment_id=622952334534195&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R6%22%7D|Alec Peters post to Star Trek Facebook group]], 4/24/16.)) {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}
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