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.

Comments

Re:MH17 was shot down by Russian missles

[Archtech]

Fuck off you Russian troll.

Thank you for your civil and compellingly logical argument.

Incidentally, I am not a "Russian troll" - although that may be your way of coping with any facts and opinions you don't like. I am British and quite conservative by inclination, and I base my conclusions on the facts - as best I can determine them after examining all the evidence and opinion I can find. If you ask why I am standing up for the Russians in this case, it is simply because I was brought up and educated to respect truth. Also it is a British tradition to take the side of the "underdog", which at the moment is very definitely Russia.