The world was shocked to learn this week of the catastrophic implosion in the deep ocean of OceanGate’s Titan submersible vehicle as it was taking the company’s CEO and four passengers to view the wreck of the Titanic. However, with the mainstream media broadcasting wall to wall coverage of the story turning it in to a meme-able narrative, is the media actually doing its job with the news? St eve and Ben discuss the media’s slide in to clickbait and narrative-driven material, while also discussing how social media and search algorithms are driving our behaviour in a way that has seen the hallowing out of news, media, and popular culture.

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