Obama calls out obsession with Titanic sub while people turn blind eye to migrant boat tragedy

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Obama calls out obsession with Titanic sub while people turn blind eye to migrant boat tragedy - Lemmy

A very reputable news outlet in my country ran several stories a day about the sub. Wha**t happened?, Infos about the people, how muxh air do they have?, a story when their air supply actually ran out, ...

The weirdest were two opinion pieces about the reasons why "we" cared and wanted to read more about 5 rich people than about a sinking boat full of migrants. It felt really distasteful.