Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
You could say that about almost any story. The starkest example by far of this example is the George Floyd murder.

There was loads in the news about the Greek migrant disaster. It led the main news at some points last week, none of them are 'negative' about the story, apart from it being an absolute tragedy and the stories actually mention the number of kids onboard

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-65985001

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ulled-sea.html

I do take the wider point, news values are fkd up, but it's understandable that certain topics catch the public interest sometimes
Even if we had footage of the poor sods near Greece in their final moments it wouldnt get the coverage this titanic survey thing has had