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Did you know Malaysia Air Flight 17 was full of corpses when it took off from Amsterdam? Did you know that, for some darkly inexplicable reason, on July 17, MH17 moved off the standard flight path that it had taken every time before, and moved north, toward rebel-held areas outside Donetsk? Or that the dispatchers summoned the plane lower just before the crash? Or that the plane had been recently re-insured? Or that the Ukrainian army has air defense systems in the area? Or that it was the result of the Ukrainian military mistaking MH 17 for Putins presidential plane, which looks strangely similar?
Did you know that the crash of MH17 was all part of an American conspiracy to provoke a big war with Russia?
Well, its all trueat least if you live in Russia, because this is the Malaysia Airlines crash story that youd be seeing.
As the crisis surrounding the plane crash deepens and as calls for Vladimir Putin to act grow louder, its worth noting that theyre not really getting through to Putins subjects. The picture of the catastrophe that the Russian people are seeing on their television screens is very different from that on screens in much of the rest of the world, and the importance of this discrepancy does not bode well for a sane resolution to this stand-off...
http://www.newrepublic.com/node/118782
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)Like the WMD in Iraq lies which got one hell of a war on.
As for me, i will await the wikileaks report before concluding what happened.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)Given that nearly all the press has completely ignored the truths about Iraq, Israel, Venezuela, Afghanistan, and etc. only a freaking idiot would be claiming to know what is going down in Ukraine.
What is sad is that many on DU are ready to go to war in Ukraine.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Trust none. Read all. Truth will out.
Cha
(297,655 posts)that broke the camel's back for Nothin'!
Another RT reporter quits in protest
"Yesterday when the story broke you get the kick in your stomach when youre going to get the facts and its this huge story, Firth told Press Gazette. And I walked into the newsroom and they were running an eye-witness account of God-knows who the person was blaming the Ukrainian government, and it is such a volatile situation.
"RT style guide Rule 1: It is ALWAYS *Ukraine's fault (*add name as applicable)," Firth tweeted
more..
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/07/another-rt-reporter-quits-in-protest-192399.html
Thank you for this, sufrommich.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)steroids.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)Last edited Sun Jul 20, 2014, 11:36 PM - Edit history (1)
Why did Dan Rather resign from CBS?
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)I don't get the connection.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)"Well, its all trueat least if you live in Russia, because this is the Malaysia Airlines crash story that youd be seeing."
another snip from your link..
"But in Russia, televisionmost of it owned or controlled by the Kremlinis trying to muddy the water with various experts who insist that there is no way that an SA-11 missile system could possibly have downed a plane flying that high. And, mind you, this is not part of a larger debate of could they, or couldnt they; this is all of Russian television and state-friendly papers pushing one line: the pro-Russian separatists weve been supporting all these months couldnt have done this. Watching some of these Russian newscasts, one comes away with the impression of a desperate defense attorney scrounging for experts and angles, or a bad kid caught red-handed by the principal, trying to twist his way out of a situation in which he has no chance."
I've seen bits of this on Rachel's show Friday night.. it's good TNR got it all down on paper. smh Thank you, again, sfm!
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)on here.. why should RT get anymore respect?
.. one comes away with the impression of a desperate defense attorney scrounging for experts and angles, or a bad kid caught red-handed by the principal, trying to twist his way out of a situation in which he has no chance
malaise
(269,157 posts)Rather and Donahue were pushed out for attempting to present the truth.
Cha
(297,655 posts)Controlled. Everyone on this board is aware of the US mediawhore crisis.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Seriously, 90% of that nonsense has been espoused right here.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)Township75
(3,535 posts)We are lucky Obama is in charge otherwise it be overwhelming.
Cha
(297,655 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)sufrommich
(22,871 posts)article is about what Russians see on their regular nightly news.And yeah,it's a lot of CT/Infowars crazy.
MattSh
(3,714 posts)To prove that Russian TV is conspiratorial, she quotes the following...
moved off the standard flight path - a page on Facebook from a guy with 254 friends - https://www.facebook.com/severskij/posts/689723631081301
recently reinsured - a website from Kazakhstan - http://tengrinews.kz/world_news/upavshiy-ukraine-Boeing-Malaysia-Airlines-perestrahovan-tri-milliona-dollarov-rk-258842/
REALLY?
Well, I guess when you have a screed to write and a deadline looming, any source will do...
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Or are you just riffing and assuming with the best and the rest of them?