It melds elements of mystery and humanity with a dose of high drama as rescuers race against time in their frantic search for a missing vessel with five souls aboard. Should a missing tourism vessel for the ultra-wealthy take precedence over other consequential stories happening around the world? While the press took heat for around-the-clock coverage of MH370, the tragedy was arguably far more worthy of coverage. And yet, the disaster did not inspire a level of coverage close to what major news organizations have devoted to the ocean submersible. Eric Deggans, NPR’s media critic and an adjunct instructor at Duke University, conceded that the coverage of the Titanic vessel has perhaps been over-torqued in recent days.

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Persons: CNN —, Samuel Freedman, ” Freedman, Trump, Vincent Browne, Ylva Johansson, hasn’t, ” Alex Shephard, it’s, ”, ” Shephard, Eric Deggans, ” Deggans, Deggans Organizations: CNN, Columbia Journalism School, Malaysian, European Union, The New, Duke University Locations: Ukraine, Europe, Greece, The New Republic