It's weird the way any stories to do with Ukraine are being flagged off the home page - I'd understand if they were taking over the homepage, but this request s

It's weird the way any stories to do with Ukraine are being flagged off the home page - I'd understand if they were taking over the homepage, but this request seems like a useful one to me, and the topic one of interest for everyone here - plenty of things to discuss other than politics or tribal allegiances, here are some: The reporting of wars and revolutions by the people involved themselves is causing a huge change in journalism - some news journalists I know are starting to question how to involve reader stories and reader opinions in reports without ending up with an incoherent cacophony of people shouting their opinions, with those the loudest to shout being those who are heard. Scepticism, source checking and editorial independence are needed more than ever when you are able to hear an entire crowd at once. The use of twitter is also growing to cover conflicts like this - I find it really interesting just how far newspapers are now going in using twitter as a source (and verifying afterwards). Look at all the twitter refs in this live feed. [1] Web images/video of conflict, and message boards such as this one have become the new battleground in establishing what the world thinks about a conflict, and techniques of manipulating them with false comments, hacking and false information are growing more sophisticated - RT was hacked today [2], and some protests have been reported as fake [3]. I have no position on the conflict that I'd like to share as I don't know enough about it, but an informed public is more essential than ever if the world is on the edge of war. [1] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/02/ukraine-warns-russia-crimea-war-live http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/02/ukraine-warns-r... [2] https://twitter.com/RT_com/statuses/439981255052898304 https://twitter.com/RT_com/statuses/439981255052898304 [3] https://twitter.com/howardamos/status/440128242620825600 https://twitter.com/howardamos/status/440128242620825600