Without venturing further into Rule 4 zone, I'll just note FYI that as expected, some people did take advantage of this incident to attempt some politicking with regards to certain participants in the search efforts. (Saw it coming, was really hoping that it would not be an issue.) Happily, it seems the attempt backfired spectacularly.
True dat..
But isn't that the same most other countries?
IMHO as a citizen of the Internet-connected world, anybody should be capable of getting a relatively balanced worldwide news coverage these days. CNN, BBC/Sky, and Channel News Asia adequately covers the headlines from America, UK/Europe, and SE-Asia.
Its more the esoteric nature of this event that leads to reduced news coverage or public awareness. Without belittling the impact of the incident, its no more meaningful to the general public who don't follow defence-related news than, say, a mine collapse in some other corner of the world... and how many of us know of the last such disaster?
The submariners here are anxiously watching their ISMERLO feed though. It's a shocking event that strikes very close to home, as nobody here in the SEA operates nucs...