Missing Titanic Sub Coverage Has Been Exploitative, but Did It Need to Be?
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variety.comStephen Rodrick Trauma television used to be simple. When I was a kid, the world united for news of the 1987 rescue of Baby Jessica, a Texas toddler who fell down a well in her aunt’s backyard.
There were interviews with pastors, drilling experts and second cousins. Then, we cut back to desperate rescue workers digging under klieg lights.
The rescue was the thing. (Jessica was rescued and was rewarded with an audience with, uh, Ronald Reagan). Modern coverage is now more intricate and morally dubious.
9/11 saw somber reporting on vigils and ash-covered New Yorkers desperately looking for loved ones. But it also featured Donald Trump on the phone as the towers smoldered.
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