[lathechuck]

With every issue, there are at least two sides, and everyone can play the propaganda game. And the commercial news organizations have, if nothing else, a bias toward sensationalism. So how are we to tell the truth, or even find a useful approximation to it? I hope to find a thread of plausibility by considering a variety of viewpoints, and the more emotion that comes with the news, the less credibility it has with me.

As for MH17, it’s entirely plausible that a crew of “Ukrainian separatists” thought they had another chance to bring down a Ukrainian troop jet. After all, what sane commercial airline would route flights over a conflict zone? Accidents happen. A simple apology would go a long way to diffuse the tensions.

Ken Denninger at The Market Ticker does a great job of picking apart financial statistics (along with righteous rants about other topics).

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