Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible
by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Thursday June 22, 2023 @03:53PM
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The comparison between these two stories is being made (elsewhere on the Internet) because humans were literally still being found and fished out of the Mediterranean, alive, while entire nation states mobilized to try to rescue a few wreckless rich guys who were likely already dead.
The point being made is about misallocation of resources, not news coverage. (Novel stories will always grab more attention.)
Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible
by civilitty on Thursday June 22, 2023 @03:56PM
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> while entire nation states mobilized
Who?
The US Navy/Coast Guard sending an ultra deepwater ROV isn't even comparable to the Greeks actively monitoring the boat enough to take a photo of it before it capsized, let alone is anyone mobilizing "entire nation states"
Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible
by sigstoat on Thursday June 22, 2023 @04:12PM
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> The point being made is about misallocation of resources, not news coverage.
what resources? were US and canada supposed to ship deep sea ROVs over to the Mediterranean to help refugees?
even if you wanted the US/Canada to help, it wouldn't have been the north atlantic coast guards doing it.
Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible
by umeshunni on Thursday June 22, 2023 @04:00PM
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> The point being made is about misallocation of resources, not news coverage.
The families of the missing rich people have the resources to fund the search. The families of the missing people in the Mediterranean obviously do not.
But there's also the concern of frequency, [2] occurs more frequent than [1], people generally don't care about the people at [2] because they are "unimportant", and not prominent.