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A sea of difference: Media coverage of Titanic-touring sub and migrant boat tragedy reveals deep bias

  • Former US President Obama’s remarks deploring media’s indifference to the bigger of the two tragedies strike a responsive chord
  • Similar double standards were on view in 2021 when nearly 500 African migrants lost their lives in a blaze blamed on the Houthis in Yemen
By ANAN TELLO ·