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And on the media circus, what is with the Maldives conspiracy? We started with the large white plane that we were expected to believe from the media reports could have been MH370.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew...g-jet.html
The Malaysians quickly decided it was not, but never explained their reasons. All the media kept up with the story of these eye witnesses that saw MH370. The only eye witness account I listened to, the one doing the interview had to remind the witness that the plane had red and blue stripes, hardly a reliable witness. And then after a year the Australians regurgitated the old story and passed it off as new, and it did the rounds yet again.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...story.html
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malays...-sightings
Till someone came along and debunked it.
http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcr...259926.htm
Plane flying the wrong way to be MH370, towards a known airport and it was not that big at all. Why deliberately mislead, by running the story?

Then there was the debris that washed up in the Maldives early on, the supposed fire bottle that looked nothing like a B777 fire bottle, could have been easily checked and discounted.
http://www.maldivesfinest.com/mh370-evidence
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n17l7edm5f8631...s.jpg?dl=0
closer look at the number engraved on it
https://twitter.com/idannyb/status/449704069020413953

A real genuine B777 fire bottle, from MH17
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7wdwtvr84abcoq...e.jpg?dl=0
We never did find out what the debris actually was, but we can be sure it was not a firebottle from MH370. could have been the innards of a data buoy of some kind.

Now the Maldives are a landing point for junk from a wide area, they get everything, even what looks to be real debris from a plane.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-upd...7476689654
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew...ebris.html

And how do some of the media respond?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...light.html
It looks nothing like a surfboard, why suggest it? A surfboard does not need to be that strong. And it is the wrong shape for a surfboard, it seems wider on one end and a bit tapered.

Now it could be from any plane, even QZ8501, the AirAsia one that was destroyed, small bits of debris from it could conceivably end up in the Maldives. The style of the red lettering does not match what I have seen of the outside of a B777. But I can only go on what I can compare it to. Experts are scarce when you need them to actually do something.

But you have to wonder, why does the media not want to give that find more attention? A wider spread of debris is not going to do the current 7th arc theory any favors.

The running story now is
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/au...0-malaysia

And that chunk of debris seen in the pictures was likely burned along with all the junk that washed up from the ferry. Typical way the search is going so far, but you cannot blame the ATSB for that stuff up. Although warning people bits of MH370 might be washing up on their shores might have had people out looking, but no, the ATSB warned it would wash up on West Sumatra, where nothing is likely to wash up. Deliberate misinformation, or a stuff up?