Radiation expert in fear of his life

Becky Alexis-Martin

Alan Owen

Dr Christopher Busby

Becky Alexis- Martin is a Lecturer in Political and Cultural Geography. She has expertise in existential threats and specialist interests in the long-term effects of nuclear warfare, irregular warfare and nuclear culture. She has published academ- ically, andisacontributor on nuclear affairs to the Guardian, the Independent and the Conversation.

UTHOR and respected academic Becky Alexis-Martin was horrified when she opened what she thought was on-line newspaper fissionline. Spread across two pages were several pictures of herself which had been plundered from her Facebook account, together with ‘appalling’ slurs questioning her honesty and professional integrity. Becky Immediately contacted fissionline to protest . She said: “I just couldn’t believe what the newspaper was saying. The so-called article, which was published without my permission or consent, was completely false and made the most serious allegations against my professional integrity. I have always respected fissionline and I just could not understand why it was doing this to me. The answer soon came however, when she was told the professionally-produced 12-page ‘newspaper’ was an elaborate forgery and had nothing whatever to do with the real fissionline which is A

Fake fissionline under investigation

5 read by thousands worldwide. Fissionline editor Alan Rimmer said: “Someone has gone to a lot of trouble to produce this fake fissionline. It’s completely false and has upset a lot of nuclear veterans who rely on fissionline for their news. It should be condemned in the strongest possible terms.” Becky, who has supported nuclear veterans added: “I was relieved the real fissionline wasn’t responsible, but I was so angry and upset that I have reported the matter to Greater Manchester Police. I believe the content constitutes a hate crime and I want the perpetrators brought to account.” Alan Owen, Chairman of the British Nuclear Tests Veterans’ Association, said: “I too have been slurred by this phoney magazine and have reported the matter to police. This is clearly an elaborate attempt to sow discord between my organisation and fissionline which has always supported the brave servicemen who took part in nuclear bomb tests.”