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====== Fairness ====== | ====== Fairness ====== | ||
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- | **I'M AWARE** that supporters of //Axanar// are not big fans of this website. That's usually the case when a journalist starts looking into a controversial topic, and //Axanar// is about as controversial as it gets in fandom. | + | **A MONTH AGO** I launched |
It's got it all — corporate Goliaths vs. fannish Davids, a fight over " | It's got it all — corporate Goliaths vs. fannish Davids, a fight over " | ||
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- | **THEY DON'T SEE** this lawsuit as an attack on copyright infringement, | + | **THEY DON'T SEE** this lawsuit as an attack on copyright infringement, |
- | I was accused the other day on Twitter by //Axanar// director [[Robert Meyer Burnett]] of being " | + | I was accused the other day on Twitter by //Axanar// director [[Robert Meyer Burnett]] of being "[[twit> |
**YESTERDAY ON** Facebook, another person criticized the negative slant of the news and commentary items posted each day on the **AxaMonitor** [[start|home page]]: | **YESTERDAY ON** Facebook, another person criticized the negative slant of the news and commentary items posted each day on the **AxaMonitor** [[start|home page]]: | ||
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- | Remember, first of all, that a lawsuit is inherently an adversarial process, so each pleading is naturally going to reflect that, and so will a news story reporting | + | Remember, first of all, that a lawsuit is inherently an adversarial process, so each pleading is naturally going to reflect that, and so will a news story reporting |
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- | With regard to the third example, I'm willing to plead slightly guilty to [[wp> | + | With regard to the third example, I'm willing to plead slightly guilty to [[wp> |
Also, I will admit that the historian in me was curious how many people would actually get the reference. Most Godwin' | Also, I will admit that the historian in me was curious how many people would actually get the reference. Most Godwin' | ||
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==== My Actual Bias ==== | ==== My Actual Bias ==== | ||
- | Finally, I will add that what bias I do have is stated | + | Finally, I will add that what bias I do have is stated |
My other bias is for fan films in general — fan productions are how I got started in my career. This case definitely poses a threat to continued fan productions and so I do look for and spotlight news and commentary that address issues that could hurt fan films. | My other bias is for fan films in general — fan productions are how I got started in my career. This case definitely poses a threat to continued fan productions and so I do look for and spotlight news and commentary that address issues that could hurt fan films. | ||
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- | Please do not conflate Axanar with all fan films — a term Axanar publicly disdained for itself | + | Please do not conflate Axanar with all fan films — a term Axanar publicly disdained for itself(([[http:// |
I speak regularly to Axanar spokesman Mike Bawden, and I have encouraged him to point out for me any unfair or inaccurate content on the site. He told me he is confident I would give any of his feedback a fair hearing.((Email from Mike Bawden to Carlos Pedraza, 3/6/16.)) | I speak regularly to Axanar spokesman Mike Bawden, and I have encouraged him to point out for me any unfair or inaccurate content on the site. He told me he is confident I would give any of his feedback a fair hearing.((Email from Mike Bawden to Carlos Pedraza, 3/6/16.)) | ||
- | In conclusion, I'd urge Axanar supporters to consider where their own biases may lie. There' | + | In conclusion, I'd urge Axanar supporters to consider where their own biases may lie. There' |
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