• relative_iterator
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    61 year ago

    Must we do the comparisons? The sub story was simply more interesting. It’s not some media conspiracy, unless the media is already controlling the upvotes on kbin lol

    • FaceDeer
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      71 year ago

      Yeah, this comparison is getting really strained. As the Joker once said:

      Nobody panics when things go “according to plan.” Even if the plan is horrifying! If, tomorrow, I tell the press that, like, a gang banger will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics, because it’s all “part of the plan.” But when I say that one little old mayor will die, well then everyone loses their minds!

      A sunken ship filled with hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean is, horrifyingly, a routine thing. It’s “part of the plan.” But a billionaire in a minisub possibly stranded on the Titanic? That’s newsworthy. Yes, it sucks, but it’s human nature and some battles are just impossible to win under the current circumstances.

    • OKbinBuddyChicanery
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      11 year ago

      Perhaps not a conspiracy, but doesn’t it say something about our culture that we find it more interesting?