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Well, Finally a credible source of information. Things we take granted in "western" news organizations and research come to light when you see how investigation

by 3327 13y ago

Well, Finally a credible source of information. Things we take granted in "western" news organizations and research come to light when you see how investigation is done in the hands of some people. No disrespect to the Malaysians I love their country and culture but the authorities did a disaster of a job handling it all. More disinformation than anything.

oliyoung 13y ago
"credible source of information" you're not Australian are you? ;)
- ghiculescu 13y ago
  I think the Australian Maritime Safety Authority is a pretty credible source.
  - oliyoung 13y ago
    Very true, I was just making cheap funnies :)
    - pm 13y ago
      It's not reddit, Oliver.
      - awittygamertag 13y ago
        Reddit for redactors that don't want to sort through the garbage.
    - Stratoscope 13y ago
      Friend, hundreds of people may have died. Do you think cheap funnies are really appropriate?
      - oliyoung 13y ago
        It wasn't a joke aimed at those poor people, it was a political joke aimed at our Prime Minister. I apologise if you though I was making light.
- jfoster 13y ago
  More seriously, does anyone find it odd that the PM of Australia is making this announcement? For example, if the US Navy found something, I would not expect President Obama to announce it.
  - gregsq 13y ago
    He's announcing it to the House of Representatives. Same thing would happen in the UK with the House of Commons and PM David Cameron. Designed to provide ultimate transparency within the system. Both PM's are obligated to inform the house as their primary responsibility. Westminster parliamentary system.
  - oliyoung 13y ago
    He "announced" it to the parliament during Question Time, there's a real press conference by Maritime Safety in a few minutes
  - general_failure 13y ago
    Isn't Obama busy with Crimea?
  - aaron695 13y ago
    Yes, it's embarrassing. It shows the un-professionalism of the situation. One assumes the real press conference was delayed so he could do the grandstanding. That said, there should have been nothing said at this stage anyway until some sort of real conformation was performed. I guess it's all about entertaining the masses who demand their ongoing live entertainment fix.
    - tomcorrigan 13y ago
      You have allowed your political views to cloud your judgement. Details of the satellite images and retasking of search aircraft would surely have leaked and the Australian government would have been rightly criticised for withholding that information had it not been announced.
nsoonhui 13y ago
I am a Malaysian, and I concur with your assessment on Malaysian "authorities".
- yen223 13y ago
  As a fellow Malaysian, we should cut the government some slack. This was a thoroughly difficult case - even with international assistance, we still couldn't locate the airliner. That said, our government is incompetent, that can't be denied.
  - adrr 13y ago
    I wouldn't equate this situation with incompetence. Lack of resources and training. Nor should we expect a country of that size of have the training and resources but that expectation is being placed on the Malaysian government. Its really tough spot for the Malaysian government, people want answers and finding an airplane is like finding a needle in haystack the size of rhode island. In comparison, Air France wreckage took 2 years to find. It doesn't help there's all these theories about hijacking or the pilot going rogue. People/Media ignore the most probable theory that the plane had mechanical issues and crashed. I had calm my mother's fears on the phone couple days ago as she heard from a media source that plane was going to be used to deliver a nuclear weapon to the US mainland which is a completely absurd theory. Real incompetence is how the media spun this event out of control in the name of ratings and ad revenue.
    - justadude 13y ago
      Regarding AF447, small correction, the first major pieces of wreckage were found within 5 days[1]. The black boxes took around 2 years to recover. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447

by 3327 13y ago

oliyoung 13y ago

"credible source of information" you're not Australian are you? ;)

ghiculescu 13y ago
I think the Australian Maritime Safety Authority is a pretty credible source.
- oliyoung 13y ago
  Very true, I was just making cheap funnies :)
  - pm 13y ago
    It's not reddit, Oliver.
    - awittygamertag 13y ago
      Reddit for redactors that don't want to sort through the garbage.
  - Stratoscope 13y ago
    Friend, hundreds of people may have died. Do you think cheap funnies are really appropriate?
    - oliyoung 13y ago
      It wasn't a joke aimed at those poor people, it was a political joke aimed at our Prime Minister. I apologise if you though I was making light.
jfoster 13y ago
More seriously, does anyone find it odd that the PM of Australia is making this announcement? For example, if the US Navy found something, I would not expect President Obama to announce it.
- gregsq 13y ago
  He's announcing it to the House of Representatives. Same thing would happen in the UK with the House of Commons and PM David Cameron. Designed to provide ultimate transparency within the system. Both PM's are obligated to inform the house as their primary responsibility. Westminster parliamentary system.
- oliyoung 13y ago
  He "announced" it to the parliament during Question Time, there's a real press conference by Maritime Safety in a few minutes
- general_failure 13y ago
  Isn't Obama busy with Crimea?
- aaron695 13y ago
  Yes, it's embarrassing. It shows the un-professionalism of the situation. One assumes the real press conference was delayed so he could do the grandstanding. That said, there should have been nothing said at this stage anyway until some sort of real conformation was performed. I guess it's all about entertaining the masses who demand their ongoing live entertainment fix.
  - tomcorrigan 13y ago
    You have allowed your political views to cloud your judgement. Details of the satellite images and retasking of search aircraft would surely have leaked and the Australian government would have been rightly criticised for withholding that information had it not been announced.

nsoonhui 13y ago

I am a Malaysian, and I concur with your assessment on Malaysian "authorities".

yen223 13y ago
As a fellow Malaysian, we should cut the government some slack. This was a thoroughly difficult case - even with international assistance, we still couldn't locate the airliner. That said, our government is incompetent, that can't be denied.
- adrr 13y ago
  I wouldn't equate this situation with incompetence. Lack of resources and training. Nor should we expect a country of that size of have the training and resources but that expectation is being placed on the Malaysian government. Its really tough spot for the Malaysian government, people want answers and finding an airplane is like finding a needle in haystack the size of rhode island. In comparison, Air France wreckage took 2 years to find. It doesn't help there's all these theories about hijacking or the pilot going rogue. People/Media ignore the most probable theory that the plane had mechanical issues and crashed. I had calm my mother's fears on the phone couple days ago as she heard from a media source that plane was going to be used to deliver a nuclear weapon to the US mainland which is a completely absurd theory. Real incompetence is how the media spun this event out of control in the name of ratings and ad revenue.
  - justadude 13y ago
    Regarding AF447, small correction, the first major pieces of wreckage were found within 5 days[1]. The black boxes took around 2 years to recover. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447