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And news/social media were counting down to 0 oxygen and playing it out for drama, clicks, and profit. Absolutely disgusting, and much worse than any memes or jokes anyone online could've made about the situation.
What should the media have done? Ignore it? Just assume they were dead, even though the USCG and Navy didn't make that assumption?
Yeah, why not? They were perfectly fine with ignoring hundreds of migrants drowning after their boat sank near Greece last week. The only reason I found out about that is because I saw a meme bashing the media for ignoring it.
They didn't ignore it, I saw stories about it in a couple of places. However you get your news, your algorithm figured you wouldn't care.
Yeah, you saw stories about it in a couple places. The sub has been on the front page of everything for a week. Thanks for supporting my point, I guess.