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Oh, this was actually a fun disaster compared to almost anything else! If only we could live in a world where the worst international news story is a big boat

• cwhiz 6y ago
  It's not that it wasn't fun. It's that the media goes into absurd hyperbole on every subject. This boat was going to be stuck for weeks, and maybe forever! ...and now they'll shift to absurd hyperbole on some other topic that is potentially more damaging.
  • krisoft 6y ago
    The company tasked to salvage the ship said that they will use dredgers and tugs and will try to pull the ship free. They also said that if that doesn't work they will have to lighten the ship, which can take weeks. After that it was entirely fair and true to report that "it might take weeks to get the ship unstuck." Just because we got lucky and the simpler, faster, plan worked doesn't make such reporting hyperbolic.
    • cwhiz 6y ago
      The company said they could have it out within days, or it could take weeks. So what do media organizations report? "Suez Canal could be blocked for weeks." Always err on the side of hyperbole and extreme negativity.