Bayesian tragedy over reported

If your post gets deleted Daisy - it was me (and probably several others) who reported it. Don't go thinking it was OP.

Back to the thread - I heard on the radio news this morning that a manslaughter case is being opened by the Italian authorities.

So it seems that the coincidence of his co-defendent dying in the same couple of days is going to lead to more. I do agree with original op, though, that we had too much of it leading up to this point.

People are fascinated by freak events. Especially when they involve the super-rich. Remember the Titanic sub?

Modern vessels these days are designed to be unsinkable, and the fact that this one did, and SO quickly, is newsworthy.

Plus, it's August. Historically a slow month for news.

It was a shock to anyone that cares about tech or business in the UK. He has co-founded arguably two of the most successful tech companies in Britain and has invested in several others. He was a major figure in the industry so yes, it was a shock to me and others like me. If this was Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates, this would be ALL OVER the news everywhere. That you think a story like this is "irrelevant to the lives of everyday people" is telling of how poorly this country treats its best and brightest. No wonder the UK is in rapid decline.

It's not a pop thoug, it is true that media focus on the wealthy and known and not poor migrants or war victims, or victims of domestic abuse or whatever else. Lots of things happen every day around the world, but the news were full of the yach for the full week like if that was not the case. I remember when Nigella's thing exploded about her ex being abusive, it got a lot of coverage much more drastic cases never get and Im sure we all know why.
OP never said that the case should not be covered, but that it is covered excessively because the victims were rich.

Iudnerstiid is as there are a lot o other tragedies that does not/did not ge reported because 24/7 media coverage of the yacht.

@FinalInstructionstotheAudience this

I think the board T&Cs need a reread.

I did not say you were arrogant
But you telling me to seek therapy was charm itself...
So, no, I won't bugger off because you demand it

Wss ^^^

Throughout your entire post. Rude, aggressive, sarcastic, snippy. All of the above. It was a horrible post.

The point was, @sadabouti mentioned the media attention in the context of the people om board being rich, intimating that this was the reason there was so much news coverage. S/he was just having a pop at the wealthy, because as I said in a previous post, if thexpeople were anything but rich, the OP would not have started the thread because there would be nothing to nail his/her colours to

You were rude, they were rude in response.

Case closed 😆

Where was I rude?

@FinalInstructionstotheAudience Indeed, if Beyonce and Jay Z went missing on a capsized super yacht while on holiday it would be headline news for weeks. It is wealth plusfl fame plus human interest plus mystery that makes it newsworthy not race.

The tributes to Hannah were heartbreaking.

The survivors may be embroiled in lengthy processes to try and make sense of this, whether manufacturing, human error, or freak accident. Given they were celebrating leaving ten years of that uncertainty behind, those are more dark days ahead.

I’d only heard of ML in the context of there being two with the same name in the public eye (the other is the Trade Union man). Whatever I think of wealth and the rich, this is one of those times when you shake off your prejudices and feel at a very human and humbling level for those who went and those left behind.

Re migrants, there was a lot of coverage about the baby washed ashore, in the early days. Then mood changed, tragedies became more frequent.

No the distinguishing factor was the fact that - partly because they were rich - it shouldn't have sunk.

Freak weather, yacht staff potentially failing in their duties, a possible legal case

All human interest factors, plus it's August so there's very little politics/other core news going on.

Not true . Jay Slater anybody?

How rude you are.
My point is, if this yacht was chartered/owned by a BAME family or a group from a council estate, you would not mention this in your post. It would not read 'is this over reported just because they passengers were black/insert whatever descriptor'
No, you wouldn't, you were just having a pop at rich people.