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How Putin spent millions spreading fake news about fracking
My article for The Sun:When Lorraine Allanson spoke up in favour of drilling for shale gas in her part of North Yorkshire, activists cut off her internet, called her a “whore” and linked her to a fake crime number. “Shouting, abuse, public defecation, intimidation, hijacking lorries to stop deliveries, blocking the village street, this was the locals’ daily experience,” she wrote in her book My Story.The wave of noisy protests against shale gas in Lancashire and Yorkshire in recent years looked like a grassroots movement.
