Very tired today of reading news reports detailing the names, roles and history of the men lost in the yacht accident only to add ‘and their wives and a daughter’ as if an afterthought.
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A lot of people responding to this pointing out that we rarely hear the names of migrants who drown at sea. Which is absolutely a true point but doesn’t take away from the inherent misogyny in the current reporting, which is what I am presently drawing attention to.
All this concern when rich people die but hundreds of refugees die at sea every day with hardly a mention. In the grand scheme of things all lives should be of equal value; the loss of rich & entitled people should not be placed above those who have lost everything. Every loss should be sad...
Well, yes I don’t think you’re wrong. But the sub story was so incredible and strange and the horrific idea they might still be alive in a powerless capsule, that was a very compelling story I think.
Oh yes, the search & rescue when there was a chance they may still be alive was gripping. But after they knew the sub was lost, it still went on and on into the following month. The BBC had a feature for the 1 year anniversary last month.
Yes, exactly. The fascination with the Unsinkable Molly Brown or the tragedy of the Astors continues, but who even knows about the awful losses of lives on the Doña Paz or Salem Express because they were just ordinary people, barely a paragraph in the news?
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