A fishing boat crowded with migrants traveling from Libya to Italy sank in Greek waters last week. While hundreds are still missing and feared dead, it has garnered far less attention and resources than the Titan rescue efforts for five people.
They are simply biased towards publishing news that people want to read. The simple truth is that nobody cares about the 200th overcrowded boat sinking in the Atlantic because the criminals running the human trafficking operations do not care about their passengers’ lives.
An article about how “this tragedy was ignored” isn’t a good look when you’re the pricks writing the fuckin articles what ignored the tragedies.
Even now, the submarine story is at the top of NBCs webpage. They want it both ways.
I think it’s fine for this particular journalist to bring attention to it, even if it reveals the outlet’s ongoing bias.
They are simply biased towards publishing news that people want to read. The simple truth is that nobody cares about the 200th overcrowded boat sinking in the Atlantic because the criminals running the human trafficking operations do not care about their passengers’ lives.