A tanker collided with a river cruise ship carrying 129 passengers on the Mississippi River near the Port of New Orleans on Friday afternoon. The post BREAKING: Tanker Collides with River Cruise Ship in New Orleans; Passengers Overboard as Riverboat Sinks appeared first on The Gateway Pundit .
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A tanker collided with a river cruise ship carrying 129 passengers on the Mississippi River near the Port of New Orleans on Friday afternoon. The post BREAKING: Tanker Collides with River Cruise Ship in New Orleans; Passengers Overboard as Riverboat Sinks appeared first on The Gateway Pundit .
The collision leaves 32 people in hospital with non-critical injuries, but no-one unaccounted for. A tanker struck the American Heritage river cruise ship in New Orleans, sending people into the Mississippi River. More than 30 people were hospitalized after the dramatic collision, but officials said everyone was accounted for.
A freighter collided with a cruise ship carrying around 130 people in New Orleans, causing the paddlewheel vessel to capsize. More than 30 people were hospitalized, but all passengers survived and were accounted for.
BBC News reported the story as "'Miracle on Mississippi' - All rescued after cruise ship hit by tanker in New Orleans." Business Insider reported the story as "Photos and video show a cruise ship sinking after it was struck by a tanker in New Orleans." PJ Media reported the story as "Tanker Capsizes Riverboat Cruise in New Orleans; Passengers Rescued."
Coverage is split across the political spectrum: 7 left-leaning outlets, 9 center outlets, 6 right-leaning outlets. One News compares the framing across these sources rather than amplifying any single outlet's interpretation.
22 sources have covered this story, including BBC News, PJ Media, The Oregonian / OregonLive and Business Insider and 18 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed 33 minutes ago.
Source accounts have not fully aligned on every figure tied to this story (different reports cite 32, 30, 130); the published One News summary holds those specifics open until more sources converge.
How each side is reporting it
How the left is reporting it
How the wires + center are reporting it
How the right is reporting it
Tanker Capsizes Riverboat Cruise in New Orleans; Passengers Rescued
All passengers and crew on New Orleans paddleboat survive crash with tanker on Mississippi River
Tanker Collides with River Cruise Ship in New Orleans; Passengers Overboard as Riverboat Sinks - with Trump Statement
Miracle on the Mississippi: everyone safe after tanker hits and sinks New Orleans cruise
How it spread
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Time since the first report
Who carried it, in order
- FirstJust the NewsNov 12, 7:00 PM ET · United StatesRight
- +20hThe Guardian USNov 13, 3:13 PM ET · United StatesLeft
- +20hThe HillNov 13, 3:13 PM ET · United StatesCenter
- +20hWinnipeg Free Press SportsNov 13, 3:24 PM ET · CanadaCenter
- +20hNewsweekNov 13, 3:27 PM ET · United StatesCenter
- +21hCBS NewsNov 13, 3:38 PM ET · United StatesLeft
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- +21hGlobal News CanadaNov 13, 3:39 PM ET · CanadaCenter
- +21hAxiosNov 13, 3:39 PM ET · United StatesLeft
- +21hLas Vegas Review-JournalNov 13, 3:47 PM ET · United StatesRight
- +21hBloombergNov 13, 3:47 PM ET · United StatesCenter
- +21hSouth China Morning PostNov 13, 3:49 PM ET · Hong KongRight
- +21hTimes of IndiaNov 13, 3:57 PM ET · IndiaCenter
- +21hPBS NewsHourNov 13, 4:00 PM ET · United StatesLeft
- +21hGateway PunditNov 13, 4:00 PM ET · United StatesRight
- +21hPittsburgh Post-GazetteNov 13, 4:14 PM ET · United StatesRight
- +21hNBC NewsNov 13, 4:14 PM ET · United StatesLeft
- +22hDeutsche Welle EnglishNov 13, 4:31 PM ET · GermanyCenter
- +22hThe IndependentNov 13, 5:15 PM ET · United KingdomLeft
- +23hBusiness InsiderNov 13, 5:38 PM ET · United StatesLeft
- +23hThe Oregonian / OregonLiveNov 13, 5:48 PM ET · United StatesCenter
- +23hPJ MediaNov 13, 6:08 PM ET · United StatesRight
- +24hBBC NewsNov 13, 6:40 PM ET · United KingdomCenter
Claim ledger
[01] VerifiedCore event reported by 22 independent outlets across the spectrum.
[02] CorroboratedKey facts corroborated by mainstream + wire desks.
[03] Disputed1 outlet on the fringes add framings not corroborated by mainstream coverage.
Where they stand
Framings — how each side is covering it
Mainstream Liberal
7 outlets
Mainstream Conservative
5 outlets
Populist Right
1 outlet
Center / Wire
9 outlets