Teen son of Pakistani billionaire who died on Titanic sub ‘didn’t want to go on trip’
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Azmeh Dawood told NBC News that her nephew only agreed to go on the expedition because it was important to his father
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No kidding. The media has completely lost their minds with this.
In fairness, that's probably more due to the novelty of the disaster, more so than whoever was actually on board.
A refugee boat sinking is a tragedy, but it's also not novel in the eyes of the media (and might be difficult to report on, depending on local laws). It happens with enough regularity that it's considered another tragedy, in much the same way that America doesn't report all their mass shootings (they tend to have one for almost every day of the year), or how the local paper usually doesn't report every robbery and homicide.
The submarine incident is a bit more like a plane crash by comparison, which is rare and novel enough that it's worth reporting on, irrespective of whoever is on board. Particularly with the other facts being dug up, which only added fuel to the fire.
the media is like 90% wealthy people dude. ordinary working people do not become reporters anymore. at least not for the past 30+ years.
same with hollywood. you see so many stories about rich people because all the writers in hollywood are upper middle class at a minimum.