Support for a lie?

Mr Stephen Theaker, ex Chair of the British Fantasy Society, has made a number of silly comments supporting Muriel Gray. His most recent [Dec 2010] is;-

“Muriel Grey somehow resists the temptation to throw Geoff Widders in a grinder...”…

Normally I would not concern myself with comments that are clearly biased and which carry no element of truth, but, as the recording of Muriel Gray telling her lies to the audience were made at the annual convention of the BFS and Mr Theaker is a member of that society, then I have to wonder about the following;-
 
How can anybody support Muriel Gray in this instance? – a rich, powerful and successful person who, instead of allowing examination of the simple question, “Which book was written first?” chose to conceal her lies and insults, employing a team of lawyers to protect her from having to appear in court.
 
My website hewasanutter.com remains on the internet, its pages including, “Muriel Gray lied to the audience” are pre-eminent in any search for her famous name. If I had stated a single word that was not true would such a famous person as Muriel Gray allow such a site carrying such statements to exist?

[My webpage Support for a lie? examines the matter more fully].

Muriel Gray lied

I wrote to HarperCollins and said, "she's stolen my story."
Muriel Gray told the audience that my book was, "practically the double" but then lied to the audience about the dates. She lied that I wrote my book "long after" hers.
Why did she lie?

Why did Muriel Gray lie?

Muriel Gray lied about the date that she wrote her book and the date that I wrote my book. Why did she lie?
Muriel Gray is a famous author, broadcaster and businesswoman; she presents programs about the arts and literature on both TV and radio, she was Chair the Orange Awards for literature, etc.etc. and yet she lied to the audience about the date that she wrote her book and the date that I wrote my book.

Check out the facts, listen to her lie and decide why she lied at hewasanutter.com.

Listen to Muriel Gray's lie to the audience

Muriel Gray; Chair of the Orange Awards, writer, broadcaster, companies director, etc. told an audience that "this guy" had complained to HarperCollins that she had "stolen my story."

Muriel Gray told the audience that the guy's book was "practically the double" of hers, but that he had written his book "long after" hers. She told the audience the guy "was a nutter."

Muriel Gray worked the audience up to a "big laugh."

Muriel Gray had in fact lied to the audience about the date of the guy's work.

I am the "guy."


Here's what she said [55 secs]

"the best investigative journalism in the field today”

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8 Sept 2010
Jim Steel has now added to his article Ansible 275. He describes it as an, "attempt to summarize a long story" - it was not a summary, it was a deliberate attempt to ridicule and distort the true facts.

QUESTIONS

1)
Muriel Gray informed an audience that my book was “practically the double” of hers. She lied that my book was written “long after” hers. What is the implication of this lie?

2)
My book was written long before hers – I have the evidence to prove it – she employed a team of high class lawyers to prevent me showing my evidence. What is the implication of this?

3)
Why did Muriel Gray refer to me as a “nutter”? What was her purpose in this?

4)
An elaborate deception was undertaken to fake the date of Muriel Gray's book 'The Ancient' as year 2000. No such book of that date exists. Who did this? Why was this done?


[A web search for "Muriel Gray" using Google, Yahoo, Altavista, etc. will give on the very first page of the results, "Muriel Gray lied to the audience" - from there the rest of my website 'hewasanutter.com' is readily accessible.]

“the best investigative journalism in the field today”

On 5 Aug 2010 I sent the following email to all my contacts;-

The internet magazine article Ansible 275 states that I issued a claim against Muriel Gray;-

“...asking not for damages but for an official ruling that Muriel Gray had told a fib and should jolly well be ashamed of herself.”

I have presented detailed accounts of my claim against Ms Gray, I have detailed the events of three court hearings, nowhere have I referred to my claim in terms of a “fib” or asking the court to rule that Ms Gray “should jolly well be ashamed of herself”.

In all my correspondence and on hewasanutter.com I state clearly that Muriel Gray lied.

The author of the article is referred to as “[JS]”, the article is linked to from Jim Steel's website – the link states;-

“Ansible 275

“For the best investigative journalism in the field today.”

If this is an example of investigative journalism then I think that the author of the article, “should jolly well be ashamed of themselves.”

Flight of the Shaman

My book has now been placed with Scribd (the link to the book is instant) where it can be viewed online.

Thank you for your continuing interest in this matter.

Geoff Widders