All real newspapers They’re all available in the archives of the newspapers. Vancouver Sun which back then, was Vancouver World has it on their website. But if you’d like to see a bunch in one spot you can view them here.
Could it be possible it was a false reporting? Like the initial news was reported as no lives lost and then later on they discovered they were wrong?
RepresentativeFee967 on
Maybe we merged with an alternate timeline!
Graymatter-70 on
So my great parents didn’t die after all and I get to live! This is such excellent news!
l31fm3al0n3 on
What about all that shit about that old lady getting banged in that steamy car? I’ll never let go?!
Warm-Parsnip3111 on
The Detriot one was printed on the same day of the sinking. They rushed a story out before all the information came out.
Newspapers aren’t ironclad. Mistakes, especially if you’re rushing to get a story put before your competitors, happen.
Wifey_Turtles on
We’re used to having so much instant information that you have to sift through it with a fine tooth comb to find the truth.
Compared to what we have, information moved at a snails pace back then. If the initial report you got via telegraph said that nobody died, you write up a story, print it, and sell it as fast as you can.
When you get better information, you do the same.
The story only died when it was as factual as possible and you couldn’t sell any more papers on it.
immigrantanimal on
Media coverup 1912 edition
TrolleyDilemma on
Even if this was true, why would the adjusted story be that people did die? What would anybody stand to gain?
findingrhythm on
Of course none of the survivors died in the incident.
StephBundyTTV on
Ima just throw this out there mandala effect maybe
TrippingBird111 on
Wait until Dicaprio finds out about this!
mrHartnabrig on
Premature headlines, perhaps?
People like to holler “fake news” in regards to mass media today, but phrases like “*yellow journalism*”, “*propaganda*” and “*manufacturing consent*” weren’t created yesterday.
T1m3Wizard on
Fake news
TrixeeTrue on
Time traveler made it back. Iceberg averted
Arvid38 on
What in the Mandela effect?
heebiejeebie9000 on
Either completely fabricated or the biggest mandela effect of all time
ChinchillaDave on
Bro, information was slower then, it’s not that hard
calculon3000 on
Sir, this is a Wendy’s tabletop.
skiploom188 on
oh i just woke up in an AU, lemme check if the Hindenburg made it out in one piece, maybe Blimp air travel would be a thing
SkyKingQ400 on
I thought it was the Britannic that got hit – or wait – that’s the other conspiracy… or it is?
bumpthebass on
Some insider: just get me 24 hours before this hits the markets, Bob
bigmink88 on
Its likely the Associated Press (AP) got it wrong and all these papers followed.
Catch-the-Rabbit on
….you know they didn’t have Internet back then right?
qualityskootchtime on
Ultimate PR move
Chubb_Life on
Back when telephones were still a luxury with minimal infrastructure, newspapers sometimes printing dual versions of a story pending final confirmation of the facts. They didn’t do it a ton, but with major stories all the papers wanted to be the first with the headline so they had two versions ready to roll.
Ok_Willingness_1020 on
The real question is was it the Oceanic , ie insurance job?
GitmoGrrl1 on
The next day’s headline was even more interesting: “John Jacob Astor and 1500 others die.”
#
Firefly_Magic on
The Titanic is wrapped in several conspiracies. While passengers were rescued by Persian and Carpathia, many believe the ship on the ocean floor is the Olympic. There are some very interesting videos that compare the windows and structures that do appear to match the Olympic and not the Titanic. I’ve never seen these articles that everyone was saved. That must have hit hard when the update came out about losses.
thedukeandtheking on
According to the news print of 1912!? amazing levels of factchecking
RidinCaliBuffalos on
What time line are we in?
MrBarato on
This might just be the tip of a whole iceberg.
theoccurrence on
Using a sensationalist news paper article as primary source for a conspiracy is low even for this sub.
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All real newspapers They’re all available in the archives of the newspapers. Vancouver Sun which back then, was Vancouver World has it on their website. But if you’d like to see a bunch in one spot you can view them here.
https://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/598716?imagelist=1&srsltid=AfmBOorMcL7V-f4UMbJSfqutt_yRAXPSqtBDWb182yInSscjUTa45NhB
Can’t believe anything they were involved in.
Could it be possible it was a false reporting? Like the initial news was reported as no lives lost and then later on they discovered they were wrong?
Maybe we merged with an alternate timeline!
So my great parents didn’t die after all and I get to live! This is such excellent news!
What about all that shit about that old lady getting banged in that steamy car? I’ll never let go?!
The Detriot one was printed on the same day of the sinking. They rushed a story out before all the information came out.
Newspapers aren’t ironclad. Mistakes, especially if you’re rushing to get a story put before your competitors, happen.
We’re used to having so much instant information that you have to sift through it with a fine tooth comb to find the truth.
Compared to what we have, information moved at a snails pace back then. If the initial report you got via telegraph said that nobody died, you write up a story, print it, and sell it as fast as you can.
When you get better information, you do the same.
The story only died when it was as factual as possible and you couldn’t sell any more papers on it.
Media coverup 1912 edition
Even if this was true, why would the adjusted story be that people did die? What would anybody stand to gain?
Of course none of the survivors died in the incident.
Ima just throw this out there mandala effect maybe
Wait until Dicaprio finds out about this!
Premature headlines, perhaps?
People like to holler “fake news” in regards to mass media today, but phrases like “*yellow journalism*”, “*propaganda*” and “*manufacturing consent*” weren’t created yesterday.
Fake news
Time traveler made it back. Iceberg averted
What in the Mandela effect?
Either completely fabricated or the biggest mandela effect of all time
Bro, information was slower then, it’s not that hard
Sir, this is a Wendy’s tabletop.
oh i just woke up in an AU, lemme check if the Hindenburg made it out in one piece, maybe Blimp air travel would be a thing
I thought it was the Britannic that got hit – or wait – that’s the other conspiracy… or it is?
Some insider: just get me 24 hours before this hits the markets, Bob
Its likely the Associated Press (AP) got it wrong and all these papers followed.
….you know they didn’t have Internet back then right?
Ultimate PR move
Back when telephones were still a luxury with minimal infrastructure, newspapers sometimes printing dual versions of a story pending final confirmation of the facts. They didn’t do it a ton, but with major stories all the papers wanted to be the first with the headline so they had two versions ready to roll.
The real question is was it the Oceanic , ie insurance job?
The next day’s headline was even more interesting: “John Jacob Astor and 1500 others die.”
#
The Titanic is wrapped in several conspiracies. While passengers were rescued by Persian and Carpathia, many believe the ship on the ocean floor is the Olympic. There are some very interesting videos that compare the windows and structures that do appear to match the Olympic and not the Titanic. I’ve never seen these articles that everyone was saved. That must have hit hard when the update came out about losses.
According to the news print of 1912!? amazing levels of factchecking
What time line are we in?
This might just be the tip of a whole iceberg.
Using a sensationalist news paper article as primary source for a conspiracy is low even for this sub.
Yeah .. and Dewey defeated Truman
[This is only the first page i read so far](https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91066782/1912-04-15/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1912&index=0&date2=1912&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=1&words=15+1912+APRIL+liner+Liners+Titan+Titanic+TITANIC&proxdistance=5&state=Vermont&rows=20&ortext=titanic+&proxtext=april+15+1912&phrasetext=&andtext=liner&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1)
they didn’t go live by satellite to get an update on the scene as to what was happening.
All is mind.
Poor Jack at the bottom of the ocean 😢
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Fake news
Of course no one died. It never sank.
Newspaper circle-jerk with little relation to full-facts.
This is why they are labelled *relic-media* and still act so.
*The World* newspaper eventually was rebranded to CNN.
Except for the men that were traveling to the US to petition against the creation of the federal reserve
Those who say that even a single person died because of the Titanic sinking are conspiracy-theorists!!!
How dare they doubt what the newspapers say?!?!?!?!?
They must be also racists and fascists!!!
Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Loose lips sink ships.
Source: the old lady from Titanic