Bayesian tragedy over reported

[sadabouti]

AIBU to think that this tragedy is being vastly over reported simply because it involved very rich people? Why did it require live coverage or the effort to recover bodies on major news channels.

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.

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.

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.

@ADaisyADay and yet you felt the need to launch that invective at me. What have I done to you?

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.

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.