1984 Redux

It just dawned on us, in an awakening of our conspiratorial senses, that the missing Malaysian plane is not what it seems. In reality, the plane went down in the water minutes after the transponder was turned off. But agents of the U.S Government convinced the main stream media to continue the avalanche of "news" about the missing plane and the continuing "search" in order to present the subliminal message that government surveillance technology was a very imperfect technology and the public need not worry about the government spying on its own citizens. The media were at first reluctant to participate in the hoax until they realized the positive effect on their profits coming from the sale of advertising time and space. The government for its part always has deniability from "black ops" operations.