It is very easy to generate criticism that generates empathy and reach a common ground that the collective hangs on; This is what has happened with the cases of the shipwreck of more than 700 people on the shores of the Greek sea, and with the Titan submersible, with five crew members, whose remains were found last week.
In this case, the commonplace is to criticize the media, to say that the lives of five millionaires matter more than that of hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, that everything is reduced to a socioeconomic issue. This version undoubtedly generates empathy towards that message.
However, when digging a bit into both tragedies (which they are, since human lives have been lost) the judgment that has been tried to be sold on the media does not seem to have many arguments. There is extensive information on both cases in print, digital, television, and radio media from all over the world.
For example, regarding the shipwreck of migrants, it is known that most of the crew members were from Pakistan, there are about two dozen people arrested for people smuggling (between Greece and Pakistan), the versions of the Greek Coast Guard indicate that the vessel he refused to receive help and a BBC investigation maintains that the ship was detained for seven hours before finally sinking.
There are several data that have been known as the days have passed, such as that it is estimated that 350 of the migrants were Pakistanis, 12 of them were rescued among the 104 survivors in the tragedy. Probably if there is no more information about the case it is because of access to it, such as access to the relatives of the victims, the victims themselves, and of course the authorities involved.
In the case of the Titanic submersible, not only were 5 millionaires on a tourist expedition, but this journey was towards the most famous shipwreck in history (Titanic). But beyond the context, the coverage in this case did not focus solely on the crew, but on the follow-up that was done on the case by the authorities involved, in this case the coast guard of the United States, Canada and even private companies. .
During the days that the search for the submersible lasted, new data on the subject was generated, which ended up feeding the newsrooms of the media. Data such as that one of the tourists was the Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, one of the wealthiest businessmen in that country.
In the case of the migrants from the shipwreck, surely there are also stories that are newsworthy, but it is worth asking if at this moment (12 days after said tragedy) the media have had access to those stories. I do not think so; perhaps in a few weeks we will know the names and faces of some of them.
Especially from social networks, today populist opinion matrices are created that can end up misrepresenting what happens beyond said networks. I think that the tragedies of the migrants in the Mediterranean Sea and the Titan submersible is one of those cases.