How did yellow journalism provoke US involvement in affairs between Cuba and Spain?

Answer 1

The press played a tremendous part in leading the charge toward America's involvement in Cuba. Two publishers, William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, stood out among these opportunists. They perceived the conflict with Spain as their chance to increase circulation of their newspapers. Seizing upon the opportunity to capitalize on the growing spirit of American patriotism, Hearst and Pulitzer printed sensational anti-Spanish stories. Graphic illustrations commissioned from some of the country's most-talented artists and stories written by premiere authors and journalists of the day were fodder for fueling the flames of war. Together, Hearst and Pulitzer created a frenzy among the American people by reporting the alleged brutality of the Spanish toward the Cuban rebels. (However, acts of outrage committed by the Cubans were seldom mentioned.) By the time the USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, the pro-war press had roused national sentiment to the point that President McKinley feared his political party would suffer if he did not engage in war with Spain.

Answer 2

The Yellow Press (Hearst and Pulitzer) and their affiliates competed not only for news but in outdoing one another in exploiting sensations and making up gimmicks with which to influence the public. Not only did they invent the comic strip, but the had writers squeez the most lurid details out of events like murder cases, sex cases, and what was going on in Cuba at the end of the century. Many of the writers sent to Cuba "invented" stories in order to increase their own influence in reporting and helping the Yellow Press ownership sell more papers. Since people trusted what was written in the papers, the public was often duped as to the actual events. Many times, innocent happenings in Cuba were blown way out of proportion and in the end it was always the "evil" Spanish regime that was "enslaving" the Cuban people.

Answer 3

By most accounts, William Randolph Hearst was one of the newspaper owners who wanted a war, and he used his newspaper to inspire hatred for Spain, which meant exaggerating what Spain had allegedly done to attack US ships, and publishing sensationalized (and often totally false) stories to inflame the public and put pressure on congress to act. This "yellow journalism" is credited with bringing about the Spanish-American War.

Answer 4

it whipped up American public opinion in favor of the rebels :)

Answer 5

The New York Journal published the horrors of Spanish brutality on Colonial Cuba as well as the De Lome Letter.

Answer 6

It kept the pot boiling and the public informed about Spanish abuses in Cuba.

Answer 7

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