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Kremlin Falls For Its Own Fake Satellite Imagery (thedailybeast.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The Turkish downing of the Russian SU-24 jet last November saw a predictable series of statements from each side claiming complete innocence and blaming the other entirely. Social media was a key battleground for both sides — the Turkish and Russian governments, along with their supporters — as each tried to establish a dominant narrative explanation for what had just happened. In the midst of the online competition, a little-observed, funhouse mirror of an online hoax was brilliantly perpetrated, one with consequences likely exceeding the expectation of the hoaxster. The Russian Ministry of Defense was duped by a fake image that Russian state media itself had circulated more than a year earlier, as a way to deny Moscow's involvement in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
Altering the past to suit present agenda. When that story "broke" it was pitched as US proof of a RUSSIAN MiG-29 shooting down MH 17. NOW it's being pitched as Russian proof of a Ukrainian Su-27. Ukraine has very few SU-27's and most of them were grounded.
Long story short - bullshit still smells like shit. Why is this even on slashdot? Oh yeah, BIZX...
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