[wtd]

Narrative morphs:

• Australia ABC.net: Security expert Professor Joe Siracusa (RMIT University) says the most likely explanation for the dramatic course change of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 was criminal activity, but not terrorism."

  Oh . . .but the dear professor is being outdone with this morphing narrative:

• Image of Yahoo front page reveals
• PILOTS MAY HAVE TRIED TO SAVE PLANE

  "The evidence suggests the behavior of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is not consistent with a sinister act. (Officials change their narrative)"

  from

• Industry expert says pilot took Malaysian plane to 43,000ft, causing oxygen to run out, as suicide becomes likely cause of crash "Oxygen masks not enough to keep passengers conscious"

  but doubts remain:

• Reporternews.com: China demands Malaysia turn over satellite data

• ClickonDetroit: Calls for har evidence on MH370's fate

• BBC: "I'll consider my resignation later" "The CEO of Malaysia Airlines says his possible resignation is "a personal decision" that he will consider "later". Ahmad Jauhari Yahya told the BBC he would not be stepping down any time soon..."

• TheStandard.com: No confirmed debris, no closure for families

• Globe & Mail: Mourning families lash out at Malaysian 'executioners'

  while

• WFMZ.com: Malaysia Airlines' $5,000 payment is just the beginning

  "Malaysia Airlines offered initial financial assistance to the families of Flight 370 passengers on Tuesday, and promised that additional compensation was being prepared. The payments of $5,000 per..."

  unless

• ABS-CBNnews: Mystery of MH370 'may never be solved'

  NST.com: Fatwa council to meet on prayers for the deceased

  hmmmm . . .wonder if they'll mention 'shahid' in those prayers?

[Star Traveler]

The problem that many people have in UNDERSTANDING the news reports and the MISTAKE that many make is that they think there is someone “behind the scenes” — writing a script that the various news agencies are putting out. And if there is a group “writing all the reports” for all these news agencies — then yes, the “narrative morphs”.

But that is not what’s happening. What is happening is that you’ve got various people and groups and agencies — EACH ONE having their own idea about what happened. One is interviewed and the other is interviewed. The public hears one thing, and then another thing, and then a third thing, and then a fourth thing — all because no one has any ABSOLUTELY DEFINITIVE ANSWER.

It’s still a mystery as to what happened to bring the plane to this location.

NOW ... if the news agencies interviewed you, they would get one story from you. If they interviewed me, they would get a different story. If they interviewed 10 other Freepers — they would get probably TEN MORE VERSIONS. You ALREADY SEE THIS right on Free Republic.

Do we say that Free Republic is “changing the narrative”? No we don’t because we understand that Free Republic is not ONE PERSON WRITING THE SCRIPT for public consumption. And neither is this the case with the worldwide news agencies.

[don-o]

Narrative morphs:

It's obvious that almost all of the reporting is pure speculation and to be taken with huge casks of salt.