The role of the “yellow journalism” play in the shaping the opinions of the American public toward the war was the sympathizer of the Spanish-American War, since the two managed to publish in most of the time "the New York Journal" and "The New”. In fact, yellow journalism was trying to make the most extravagant and interesting headlines and stories that try to draw the attention of citizens to boost sales and give shape public opinion considering the information very unreliable and exaggerated. It is very important in the Spanish-American War as it plays a role in the humiliation of the battleship USS Maine in the port of Havana in 1898 by proving war, however, the cause of the explosion was never determined but there still are speculations.