A couple things... the photograph of the "meet-up" shows three bored children and, possibly, two adults. Why not interview the children? I'll bet they're not devotees. 

Also, the term "global conspiracy" is an oxymoron. 

Why did the reporter not ask about a) photos of Earth from space, b) airplane travel, c) what's in these folks' diet, d) phone numbers for all those "Flat Earth" chapters (they only exist in the good old US of A).

And how do these folks live? They drive to work, fly to a Flat Earth convention -- all results of science. 

And why oh why am I writing a comment on something this patently stupid?