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Standing up to dictators: Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat and the online sleuths
Standing up to dictators: Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat and the online sleuths
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34 minutes
Released:
Dec 13, 2023
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Podcast episode
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A decade ago, Eliot Higgins founded an organisation that would transform investigative journalism. During the past ten years, Bellingcat has used (mostly) open-source methods to unmask the Salisbury assassins and Navalny’s poisoners, and give Putin a bloody nose. But who is the unassuming man behind that tenacious outfit? And will his skilled, open-source sleuths be able to keep up with the ever-growing mass of mis- and disinformation? Freelance writer Tom Lamont joins deputy editor Ellen Halliday to discuss.Read Tom’s profile here. Subscribe to Prospect here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Dec 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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