Debunking fake news in East Devon with 'on-line open-source investigation'

The political leadership in East Devon has spent a million pounds on promoting its vanity project for the District and producing a huge amount of documentation to support it:
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: Cabinet to consider 'options' as costs spiral even further >>> Wednesday 5th March
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project: further hidden costs and out-of-date documentation

Websites, social media and blogs in East Devon have attempted to shine light on all of this:
Save Our Sidmouth
East Devon Watch
Real Zorro

Including from local politicians - some more than others:
Susie Bond | Independent District Councillor for Feniton and Buckerell ward, EDDC
Claire Wright
www.devonconservative.org.uk
Cllr Ian Thomas - Trinitymatters - Home

Meanwhile, in the larger blogsphere...


Elliot Higgins is a British 'citizen journalist':
Eliot Higgins - Wikipedia

He has set up a site to help other such endeavours:

bellingcat - by and for citizen investigative journalists

It's all about 'open source information':

"Open source information can be so powerful," Higgins told Motherboard. "It's not just about one photograph, or one video, it's about the network of information that exists and exploring that network online."

Bellingcat Wants Your Help to Debunk Fake News - Motherboard

Here he is giving a TED Talk:
Eliot Higgins Continues his Quest Against Alternative Facts and Fake News - TEDxAmsterdam




Finding truth in a post-truth world | Elliot Higgins | TEDxAmsterdam - YouTube

There are references to his work across the media:

Mainstream media journalism fights back:
The fight for truth in the age of Putin, Trump, Le Pen and Farage - Top Stories - The New European

A PR guru on fake news:

Mike Hind Ltd - Home | Facebook
Mike Hind (@MikeH_PR) | Twitter

Back to East Devon, pointing out interesting parallels: 
Conspiracy theorists and fake news... - East Devon Watch | Facebook

And even closer to home:
“Exmouth Creative Group” and EDDC – curioser and curioser | East Devon Watch
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