Perhaps, one side needs to help/cooperate with the other in order to accomplish the desired outcome.

In the case of Faraday, I would have to put my $$$ on mama Hawking being the person he would ultimately be loyal to. Like any good son.

One other thought I had about Daniel’s remark about not being able to change the past.

Given we know he is not only working for Widmore, but he, is in fact his benefactor, can we really trust Daniel’s words?

I feel there is some event which needs to be changed. This is what the ‘big battle’ is coming down to.

If Widmore doesn’t want this to be changed, Dan would certainly be trying to convince ‘the losties’ the past cannot be changed.

Recall, Dan told ‘the losties’ when he first arrived on ‘the island’ that rescuing them was not exactly their priority.

So, who is Dan really working for? Widmore, or his mother, Ms. Hawking?

But I suspect that if there is a discrepancy, it is there for verisimilitude. In real life you read or hear a lot of contradictory information in the media about any newsworthy event.

It has been said that newspapers are the first draft of history.

I think the writers will gloss over that part and leave it as a background item not worth spending screen time on.

[...] I am liking some of the distinct connections and reveals that are happening.) I was thinking the same thing about the Oceanic 6 and the supposed discovery of all 346 passengers…and why that hasn’t been addressed. So anyone else up for adding a few things to this [...]

Shooting from the hip here, but I have learned not to trust the time frame in which we see events transpire. So, is it absolutely for sure that the video of the wreckage (with passengers) and all the news reports of the wreckage occur prior to the Oceanic 6 return?

I guess I am just saying that we are seeing some things occur out of order, so…

Daniel has said that you can’t change the past, but can you change the future?

It’s a question that could propel some theories, I suppose.

And all that to say, that I too, have been disturbed by this lack of acknowledgment of the found plane and passengers.

You’d think that a sharp news person would pick up on the discrepancy immediately, and question it.

If somebody did question it, Oceanic may have passed it off, as a glitch in the search equipment or the fault of the search team.

They are in cahoots with Widmore in the cover-up!

Best, I can think of.