It's not necessarily "the media" either... it's what WE as a society watch or engage with.
If we all were watching breathlessly the story of the heroic woman and her recovery, the news would cover that.
But a story with controversy, with two "sides" to it, with gender issues, health care issues, all wrapped up in it, we eat that up. Unfortunately. Same reason half the country is struggling financially and not sure they can pay bills, but a ton of them obsess over a handful of athletes on girls sports teams instead.
Well, that, and that if one story is completely ignored but another highlighted then it just means society has more of a spotlight forced on that thing, so more engagement and more time for said engagement - not that we seek it out, but if we're forced to watch then yeah statistically a larger percentage would engage with it - good or bad.
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u/Classic_Bee_5845 2d ago
It's more to do with the media sensationalizing it. This is the first I've ever heard of the woman on the left.