Just after the Titanic tragedy happened on the 15th of April 1912, there was conflicting newspaper reports about what had happened in the aftermath of the disaster.
In other words: different newspapers were reporting different things about the Titanic tragedy just after the tragedy had happened. For example, two newspapers - The Irish Times and the Daily Mail - on the 16th of April 1912, reported about the Titanic tragedy, however: both The Irish Times and the Daily Mail reported the story quite differently. Both The Irish Times and the Daily Mail gave a different interpretation of what actually happened on the 15th of April 1912; after the Titanic had struck and iceberg and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic. Although The Irish Times and the Daily Mail gave different interpretations of the events surrounding the aftermath of the tragedy, one of the interpretations was quite close to the truth of what actually happened on that ill-fated night. The Irish Times was the more accurate report of the two reports: The Irish Times reported on the Titanic tragedy a lot more accurately than the Daily Mail on the 16th of April 1912. The Irish Times reported that there were over 1,000 people who lost their life. The Irish Times also reported that were 675 women and children that survived the tragedy. These numbers reported weren’t entirely accurate. However, they were close to the number of people who survived; while being accurate that over 1,000 people did die.
On the same day that The Irish Times reported about the Titanic hitting an iceberg, the Daily Mail also reported about the Titanic hitting an iceberg.
The Daily Mail on the 16th of April 1912, did accurately report that the Titanic hit an iceberg - and that as a result of Titanic hitting an iceberg, she sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. However, what the Daily Mail at the time got wrong, was that there was a loss of life as a result of Titanic’s collision with an iceberg. Whereas, the Daily Mail reported that Titanic’s collision with an iceberg resulted in no loss of life. During an era where communication and technology was limited, it is unsurprising that there was inaccuracies in the reporting of this tragedy. By the 17th of April 1912, the reports surrounding the Titanic became more accurate. Sources: http://www.paperlessarchives.com/titanic_newspaper_archive.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2129197/Daily-Mail-archives-reveal-Britain-learned-Titanic-disaster.html https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/a-supreme-tragedy-the-irish-times-view-on-the-sinking-of-the-titanic-1.3860891
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