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Sunken boat killing hundreds overshadowed by Titan submersible coverage (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] darkmugglet@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

More to your point, the reason we are so interested is in the uniqueness of the situation. For the North Americans this the Titanic is culturally significant. For Europe, the migrant issue is local news. The problem is that our news is blended.