Yellow journalism is a type of journalism that contained exaggerated stories paired with eye-catching photos, drawing many readers. Historians throughout the years believe this is the cause for the Spanish-American War; however this is deceitful. Although many articles were intentionally made to anger Americans, thus causing war, the yellow press had no effect on the decision to declare war against Spain. The real cause is the sinking of the Battleship Maine.
The term-yellow journalism was first used to describe William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer’s articles. The two were both owners of newspapers in New York and fought against each other to increase their newspaper’s popularity. As soon as Hearst published his first issue in the New York Journal in 1895, he was in competition for the best newspaper against Pulitzer, who owned New York World. To increase readership, the two would publish articles depicting how Spain abused their power on Cuba. Between 1895 and 1898, Cuba revolted against Spain. The Cubans finally gained independence, but while they were in the process of overthrowing Spain, Americans were deciding whose side they were on. The yellow press made it
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“Female prisoners, executions, valiant rebels fighting, and starving women and children figured in many of the stories that filled the newspaper.” He would even send artists to Cuba, just to draw pictures that would make people purchase his newspaper. The “papers depicted Spanish behavior as exaggeratedly bad, and political cartoons depicted ‘Spain’ as a nearly subhuman and brutal monster, while ‘Cuba’ was usually depicted as a pretty little white girl pushed around by the Spanish monster.” Furthermore, the newspapers contained a photo of American women being inappropriately searched by Spanish male security guards. This was later proven to be false, as women were only searched by other
The U.S. newspapers quickly shoved the blame onto Spain. American people all over the country wanted to declare war upon Spain. The Yellow Press made sure to make and use every opportunity they had to inflame the situation beyond proportion. It was led by William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. The two men were supported by hawkish senators and also the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt (Cavendish).
The General detained most of the people in concentration camps. By this time, the United States had many entrepreneurs who were interested in investing in Cuba. The journalism stirred the Americans into anti-Spain mood. However, President G. Cleveland promised not to go to war (McManus, 2008, p. 67).
The Spanish had no reason for trying to kill Clara Barton other than her meddling around in Cuba. Therefore, it is concluded that the destruction of the Maine was more than likely not caused by Clara Barton appearing upon the ship. After the government investigated the Maine, the next people to grab the story were the massive media juggernauts, Pulitzer and Hearst. These giants of the media world were hard at work using a system of writing called, yellow journalism.
Robert Ressetar The American people where thirsty for blood. The Spanish American war was a war declared by the people of the United States. Americans believed win their hearts we were a world power, now they had to show the world. There were many things and propaganda that led to this war. I believe that the Propoganda that was being circulated throughout the country was probably one of the single biggest factors of the war.
From the 1500s - 1800s there were many independence movements across the globe. One of the most highlighted ones is the uphill battle for the Creoles against the Spainards. In the early 1800s the Creoles started revolting against their rulers, the Spaniards. There were a handful of unfair laws placed against the Creoles that were intolerable. Not only did the Creoles have to break free from the Spaniards they also had to become independent from all the other social classes surrounding them.
In the late nineteenth century, yellow journalism, exaggeration of news in order to sell papers, was coined by Erwin Wardman, editor of the New York Press. The term originated during the American Gilded Age of the late nineteenth century with the circulation battles between Joseph Pulitzer's New York World and William randolph Hearst’s New York Journal. Both papers were accused by critics of sensationalizing the news in order to drive up circulation, although the newspapers did serious reporting as well. In 1898, the United States assisted Cuba in its fight for independence against Spain in order to protect its citizens and businesses in Cuba, and the war became known as the Spanish American War. The United States declared war on Spain after the U.S. warship, the Maine, exploded and sank on February 15, 1898 while visiting Havana, Cuba.
This week, we had a variety of readings discussing the relations between certain Latin American countries and the United States, the Panama Canal, and the explosion of the American battleship Maine. Following the explosion of the battleship Maine, there was an outcry for war, with the declaration of war against Spain being approved by congress on April 22, 1898, a little over a month after the explosion. From reading the various news articles, one thing I find quite interesting is the role yellow journalism played in shaping American public perception of the event. Specifically, two articles, the one about the Maine survivor, and the article from Hearst’s Journal. The article about the Maine survivor outlines the tragedy that occurred and
This was the development of yellow journalism. Hearst started publishing exaggerated stories against Spain, in order for the American people to support war with Spain. Hearst was able to sell more newspapers during wartime. This is the intention of Hearst’s quote “You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war" (Wierichs). One of Hearst’s reporters intercepted a letter from the Spanish minister Dupuy de Lome, who was in Washington at the time.
Hearst continued to drop the prices of his papers making him the cheapest paper. Hearst offered higher pay to his workers and gave them better job positions, he made sure he was the best newspaper and that no one would be able to match him, especially his huge rival Pulitzer. When Pulitzer fought back at Hearst, Hearst hit him hard with stealing Pulitzers World workers and hiring them for his own paper. Hearst started to become more of a political newspaper, where he took the side of republican, but his paper was democrat. Hearst and his yellow journalistic writing style was
By the 1860s, discontent was growing with Spanish colonial authority in Cuba. Spain,
Yellow Journalism played a very powerful role during the age of imperialism. Yellow journalism is untrue, biased, or exaggerated news, now called clickbait, used for the sake of attracting readers which led to the making of more money. Yellow journalism had a tremendous impact on the country now and then and caused a lot of chaos in the government. Yellow journalism is fake, biased, or exaggerated news. The yellow kid, would later be called yellow journalism, pointed out major tenement problems but then it later turned into fantasy articles.
The Boston Massacre was in 1770, and was a clash between British soldiers and a large mob. It is very controversial on who started the incident, but their was a lot of colonial propaganda that came out on this incident. The colonists were the aggressors in the Boston Massacre because they taunted and “assaulted” the British soldiers, they made the soldiers think that their captain was telling them to fire, and their was a lot of propaganda and bias that came out to show the opposite of what happened at the massacre. The Colonists taunted the British and threw things at them to make them shoot. Most of the crowd was drunk and acted in an unacceptable manner.
Americans learned more about what happened during the Spanish American War through articles that exposed the violent tensions in Cuba. The Americans then felt the need that we should help Cuba against Spain. The Americans in power wanted to remain neutral, while the public wanted to go to war. The U.S. Maine was a battleship that was sent to Cuba to spy on them and understand the situation in person. While the ship was there, it mysteriously blew up, the blame was put on Spain for the explosion.
the United States used propaganda targeting humanitarian concerns to incite the public to declare war. As Americans were interested in the Cuban Revolution, sensational journalism only raised tensions between the United States and the Spanish monarchy, which would help cause the war. While General Weyler
To start off, publishers did not tell the public what they did not want them to know, and they also persuaded opinions. From an article titled, “Joseph Pulitzer,” it reads, “Yellow journalism on the part of both papers helped inflame public opinion in favor of war against Spain in 1898” (McGuire and Leslie). This is a demonstration of how yellow journalism persuaded the public to all think the same way. By doing this, the publishers hoped they could lead everyone to think the way powerful people thought.