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longship

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10. Well, the problem is that nobody knows what's true and what is made up.

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 12, 2014, 02:19 AM

Mar 2014

And you are oh so right. The families are getting screwed over emotionally.

I was skeptical of the Reuters report when I first read it. It did not smell right. There was only a single anonymous source, no confirmation. But Reuters went with it. It took a long time for others to pick it up -- always a bad sign.

We're all going to have to relax and let things happen. Sadly, there's going to be no rest for the families of those people on that plane. I feel for them.

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It gets stranger...now Malaysia says they have no idea which direction jet was headed [View all] Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 OP

The Strait of Malacca is not on the "eastern side of the country". countryjake Mar 2014 #1

Isn't that part of the world pretty densely populated? Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #4

The world is much bigger than you think. There is a huge amount of unoccupied jungle and ocean. uppityperson Mar 2014 #5

LOL. I know.... Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #8

Well, here's one view from a boat in a mountain lake in Southern Thailand... countryjake Mar 2014 #12

I wouldn't use HuffPo for a source on this story. longship Mar 2014 #2

It's actually an Associated Press article. nt Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #3

It's still out of date. longship Mar 2014 #7

Ya Reuters screwed that one up and it spread around the globe Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #9

Well, the problem is that nobody knows what's true and what is made up. longship Mar 2014 #10

Yup. And stories, rumors, get passed around from 1 place to another without being verified uppityperson Mar 2014 #6

No wonder those relatives at the Lido Hotel threw water bottles... countryjake Mar 2014 #11

"would not be appropriate" for the air force to "issue any official conclusions as to the aircraft's jakeXT Mar 2014 #13

the vastness of the Indian Ocean is impossible to comprehend. quadrature Mar 2014 #14