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A One-Man Intelligence Agency

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday August 13 2014, @01:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the better-living-through-journalism dept.

Blackmoore writes:

From the Kickstarter BLog is How I Became a One Man Intelligence Agency by Eliot Higgins

Eliot Higgins didn't start out thinking he'd become a one man intelligence agency, but once he started using his blog to track international activity through public social networks, that's exactly what happened. Now he's running a Kickstarter for Bellingcat, a platform for open source citizen journalism

bellingcat.com will unite citizen investigative journalists to use open source information to report on issues that are being ignored.

so what's keeping you from being a citizen reporter too?

 
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  • (Score: 2) by GlennC on Wednesday August 13 2014, @02:47PM

    by GlennC (3656) on Wednesday August 13 2014, @02:47PM (#80829)

    Like many others, I have no desire to find out more than I already know about how some sausages are made.

    To be honest, another issue is a lack of ability. That apparently hasn't stopped some people, though.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 13 2014, @03:40PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 13 2014, @03:40PM (#80852)

    Willful ignorance as a way of living is tantamount to doing the misdeeds yourself.

    • (Score: 2) by cafebabe on Wednesday August 13 2014, @06:17PM

      by cafebabe (894) on Wednesday August 13 2014, @06:17PM (#80910) Journal

      I would argue that it is worse than doing misdeeds yourself. As Plato said, "One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."

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    • (Score: 2) by buswolley on Wednesday August 13 2014, @07:31PM

      by buswolley (848) on Wednesday August 13 2014, @07:31PM (#80945)

      Oh? If I spent all my time learning everything in the world besides my profession soon I would be kicked out of my profession for not getting shit done.

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      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday August 14 2014, @02:09AM

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 14 2014, @02:09AM (#81062) Journal

        soon I would be kicked out of my profession for not getting shit done.

        If you persist in a profession just to do shit, maybe that's a good thing.

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