They've been publicizing information and shortly denying them afterwards themselves this entire week, it almost seems like there is a faction within the government that has conflicting motives with the rest.

Next they are gonna deny that MH370 existed at all.

It almost seems like they are trying to avoid looking bad in front of the world. It's really hard to believe that a large flying object like that is undetectable or the idea that it's sitting on an island with trees covering it.

These investigations take months to years - often we won't really know what actually happened for a year or two - long after the media interest has died down.

That's the main problem with reporting on airline accidents - the media will jump on any early theory that comes out to try and be the first on the story, and loses interest by the time the actual investigation finishes...