DEEP DIVES
The loss of the submersible Titan on a trip to view the wreckage of the Titanic captured the attention of the world’s news media, and with it, much of the world’s attention too. For five days, reports appeared agonising over the air supply, the (apparently desultory, according to some) rescue efforts, and the people on board. Some of the reports hinted at the mysterious legacy of the original disaster, as if all activities connected to the illustrious wreck were doomed.
In the Conspirasphere, the drama was equally gripping, but for different reasons. Old stories was secretly withdrawn from service at the last moment and replaced by her sister ship in a gargantuan insurance swindle; that the wreckage contained secrets in the form of gold bullion, personal wealth and the revealing diaries of the super-rich; that the unfortunate passengers and crew were sacrificed in a covert assassination attempt (here choose your own favourite victim; plenty of others have done so) or a mistaken act of war.
