How to Report On Aviation For a Major News Outlet

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 07/23/2014 at 08:51 • Filed to: Planelopnik, Ukraine, Donetsk

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Step 1: Google Sukhoi

Step 2: Use the first image that comes up.

Congratulations, you're finished!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr 07/23/2014 at 08:55

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Reuters, I want you to sit in that corner and think about what you just did.

Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole > Jcarr 07/23/2014 at 08:59

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The herp'd when they should've derped.

Jcarr > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/23/2014 at 09:00

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To be fair, I grabbed this from Fox News. Yes, I read Fox News.

505Turbeaux > Jcarr 07/23/2014 at 09:01

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Step 3 - profit

Do-Rif-To > Jcarr 07/23/2014 at 09:02

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Rumor has it that the jets will be replaced by their successor, the Su-26.

Jcarr > Do-Rif-To 07/23/2014 at 09:03

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26 is obviously better than 25. It's 1 more.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr 07/23/2014 at 09:05

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Fox recirculates AP and Reuters stories unmarred 90%+ of the time - which is a problem because both of those wire services are manned by twisted cretins.

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 07/23/2014 at 09:35

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Pretty sure that's a Lambo, dude.

Also, this:

user314 > Jcarr 07/23/2014 at 09:40

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Layers of editors and fact-checkers...

The Compromiser > Jcarr 07/23/2014 at 10:12

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+1 All the Things!!

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Jcarr 07/23/2014 at 13:36

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Based of this I'm going to assume it's a Russian jet and not Ukrainian?

Jcarr > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback 07/23/2014 at 13:43

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No, the aircraft that were shot down were SU-25s which look like this:

The image in the article looks to be an SU-30.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Jcarr 07/23/2014 at 13:44

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Oh ok, I'm no expert on jets so I didn't even know that wasn't the plane.