![]() And also that this is just one of those stories a set of circumstances so freakishly horrifying that it is impossible to tear oneself away. It seems to me that it should be possible to hold two thoughts simultaneously in one’s head: that it’s reprehensible a ship carrying hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean sank last week without being met with anything like the response rushing to the north Atlantic. ![]() ![]() Online, meanwhile, people complain that treating the plight of these men as entertainment is wrong, that caring for the lives of billionaires is wrong, and that it is wrong to give this story any coverage at all if you aren’t covering bigger accidents in the same detail. By Tuesday, as the clock ticks down on the submersible’s oxygen supply and obsession over the story grows, the Times moves it top, before changing its mind and pushing it back down to make way for Narendra Modi’s state visit. On Monday, while the Daily Mail goes full tilt, the New York Times drops the report on the missing sub way down its homepage, after some dull reporting about Biden.
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