I believe the point here is that a lot of media attention was directed to the titanic story with a lot of discussion how to rescue the victims. All while in the last couple of years there have been multiple cases of ships with refugees drowning in the Mediterranean Sea with next to no media coverage.
Millionaires doing wacky shit just seems to be way more interesting then refugees drowning.
Obama calls out obsession with Titanic sub while migrant boat tragedy ignored ( www.independent.co.uk )
Last week, a fishing boat packed with about 750 men, women and children capsized off the coast of Greece, with hundreds believed to have died