Eliot Higgins
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 Eliot Higgins    (Blogger, weapons analyst) | |
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| Born | 1979 United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Founder of | Bellingcat |
| Member of | DisinfoPortal, First Draft/Board and members |
| Interest of | Graham Phillips |
Self-taught founder of Bellingcat. | |
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Career
In Oct 2012, Eliot Higgins was laid off from his job as an administrator at a nonprofit providing housing for asylum seekers.
In Aug 2013, Eliot Higgins noticed Twitter reports of a possible chemical-weapons attack in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus.
In Nov 2013, Eliot Higgins "confirmed" that Syria had used chemical weapons[1], without noticing that it was not the Syrian government that carried out the attacks[2].
Corporate media coverage
He has been widely covered by the Western commercially-controlled media, generally positively, with Newsweek, for example, calling him "Putin's MH17 Nemesis".
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Munich Security Conference/2024 | 16 February 2024 | 18 February 2024 | Munich Bavaria Germany | Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Narrative Managers In Overdrive After Death Of White Helmets Founder | blog post | 12 November 2019 | Caitlin Johnstone | There is an immense narrative management campaign dedicated to controlling what people think about what’s happening in Syria. Whoever controls the narrative controls the world. Official Narrative control comes before any other priority the empire might have: before resources, before land, before even war itself. It’s up to us to see through their lies and bring an end to the lie factory. |
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