acargitz@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoMigrant boat from Senegal carrying 200 people missing off Canary Islandswww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down19file-text
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minus-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down2·1 year agoSubmarines going down is way rarer. At that depth it’s almost unheard of. There was a similar media frenzy when a military sub went missing a few years ago.
minus-squareChe Banana@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah, but that doesn’t fit my outrage narrative that keeps me going from day to day…
minus-squareUncrasimatic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoWas that the one off Argentina? Had forgotten about that - could’ve put it in my post! More evidence it’s the uncertainty that drives public engagement.
minus-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYeah the not knowing and the ticking clock were definitely big drivers of that story.
Submarines going down is way rarer. At that depth it’s almost unheard of.
There was a similar media frenzy when a military sub went missing a few years ago.
Yeah, but that doesn’t fit my outrage narrative that keeps me going from day to day…
Was that the one off Argentina? Had forgotten about that - could’ve put it in my post! More evidence it’s the uncertainty that drives public engagement.
Yeah the not knowing and the ticking clock were definitely big drivers of that story.