U.S. media painted the five Titanic sub victims heroically — but was largely silent on the hundreds of migrants who recently died at sea. AymanM and Peter Rothpletz examine why.
Few of these headlines have been reported in the American media. Contrast that reality with the extreme precision with which outlets have homed in on details of the OceanGate vessel — such as the fact that it wasWe will likely never learn about the dreams and the adventurous spirit of those who perished in the Mediterranean.
The five men who died while attempting to visit the Titanic debris have been and will continue to be lionized as intrepid explorers — courageous, curious souls who died seeking out adventure and overcoming fear. Perhaps if media and society can keep these migrants abstracted, faceless, opaque, we will not feel as bad about their suffering.
If there’s a lesson to be drawn here, it’s not that the Titan sub and the men who died on it enjoyed too much sympathy, nor that the multinational mobilization of resources to save them was unwarranted. Far from it. It's hoped their loved ones can find solace in the outpouring of support and sympathy they received.
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