Q, the Malaysian Defence Minister rebuttal of speculation "on social media" is disingenuous .The issue pointed to by wsws in the
"article" that I linked to was the intelligence agencies' views being carried by the Malaysian New Straight Times itself, which is widely seen as a propaganda mouthpiece for the ruling Barisan Nasional party.

Another wsws "article" today on the downing of Flight MH17 is titled


"Why have the media and Obama administration gone silent on MH17?

The same question could be asked of those who wrote here in the atrocity's immediate aftermath blaming pro-Russian separatists - Teribus, Keith, John on the Sunset Coast et al. The whole wsws "article" is worth reading , see link below .
"If pro-Russian separatists had fired a ground-to-air missile, as the US government claims, the Air Force would have imagery in their possession confirming it beyond a shadow of a doubt. The US Air Force's Defense Support Program utilizes satellites with infrared sensors to detect missile launches anywhere on the planet, and US radar posts in Europe would have tracked the missile as it shot through the sky. These satellite and radar data have not been released, because whatever they show does not fit the storyline concocted by the US government and media."
""What has emerged, instead, is a drumbeat of evidence pointing to the US-backed regime in Kiev's role in the MH17 shoot-down. The day after Kerry made his remarks, the Russian military presented radar and satellite data indicating that a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter jet was in the immediate vicinity and ascending towards MH17 as it was shot down. This claim has not been addressed, let alone refuted by the American government."

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/08/18/ukmh-a18.html