"Yellow Journalism"

[kentuck]

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https://www.pbs.org/crucible/bio_hearst.html

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Perhaps the most famous anecdote surrounding Hearst's zeal for the war involves a legendary communication between illustrator Frederick Remington and Hearst. As the story goes, Remington, who had been sent to Cuba to cover the insurrection, cabled to Hearst that there was no war to cover. Hearst allegedly replied with, "You furnish the pictures. I'll furnish the war."

In 1898, Hearst chartered the yacht Sylvia to Cuba to witness battles between the U.S. Navy and the Spanish Fleet. From his ship, Hearst continued to publish sensationalist stories in a "Cuban Edition," personally making sure that the U.S. public stayed informed.

After the Spanish-American War, Hearst remained an outspoken and powerful member of the U.S. press. Hearst was critical of the treatment of U.S. troops as they returned home and blasted the Secretary of War, Russell A. Alger.

While it may be unfair to claim that Hearst "created" the war, it is clear that the events of 1898 and 1899 may have been very different without William Randolph Hearst and the other yellow journalists of the day.

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This reminds me of what Trump is trying to do in Arizona and a couple of other states. Give him the story and he will change the election results.

[5X]

1. Hearst's yellow journalism helped to make weed illegal.

Him and a chemical/paper company. They owned too many forests and hemp was good and cheap for paper.