I'm sorry but people with their eyes open knew that Russia was supplying the separatists before the plane was shot down. The US wasn't directing flights away for shits and giggles. That you chose to ignore this doesn't give you grounds to criticize those who knew before the plane was shot down. If anything, the reverse is true.
It is very safe to assume Russia is supplying the rebels with weapons but without concrete proof or an admission from Putin's naughty cabinet it's a useless assumption that serves only to stoke the coals of war. There is also the possibility that it was a stolen Ukrainian missile. There is also the fact that the Russians weren't the ones who shot down the plane.
If there is no bias, the level of excitement is justified and you agree that the Russian actions are reprehensible, what complaint is left to issue against the sensational reporting of the Daily Mail? I agree that they are quite the fishwrapper much of the time but even fishwrapper can get things right.
Sensational reporting is the criticism unto its own, it is very easy to report on a tragedy without caricaturing Russia as a mass murderer shooting down civilian aeroplanes. The separatists escape scrutiny, the Russians see the West looking like they're about to invade them again and Europe looms over yet more wonderful rounds of sanctions and war. Hell, as we speak the invasion of Gaza generally goes unnoticed because people would rather listen to sensationalized reports of the 'slaughter in the sky.'
Not to mention that without Russia there wouldn't be any shelling in the first place -.-'
Yes, blame the victims of your governments aggression.
Calm down mainiac, this sort of heightened passion serves only to mar the issue entirely. The separatists have proven more than enough in independent polls that they do not want to be a part of the current Ukrainian government. Interestingly enough, a large portion of them also do not want to be a part of Russia and do not support the armed separatists. There are many perspectives that warrant attention, there are usually never just two sides; this debacle alone has shown it is not just Russia vs America, it is the seperatists vs the new Ukrainian government with both respective hegemonies exerting their influence whilst the EU faffs about. As to your point Dutchling, that's highly unlikely. The new Ukrainian government seemed more than intent on pissing off the Russiaphone Ukrainians by making Ukrainian the sole state language, by pissing off Russia in favour of the EU and falling under the gaze of the eye of Putin. Hindsight's a bitch, but I'm surprised even by how much I was surprised when Putin secured the black sea fleet by annexing Crimea.