Did Yellow Journalism cause The Spanish –American War?
The Spanish-American War was a brief conflict between Spain and America occurring in April through July of 1898. This war was credited to the cessation of Spain’s worldwide imperium and the gain of several incipient territories in the Caribbean and the Pacific for the U.S. Although the subject offers many varying opinions of many historians, this war was a conflict that was “a newspaper-made war,” brought on by sensational and irresponsible yellow journalism.
William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer are historically kenned for being the first to utilize yellow journalism in their newspapers on a sizably voluminous scale. Some historians claim that Joseph Pulitzer and William Hearst did not commence the Spanish-American War but aggravated it (Hearst, 1999). On the other hand, many historians have claimed that Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst did commence the Spanish-American War through their newspaper's utilization of yellow journalism (Simmons, 2003). Yellow journalism contributed to the Spanish-American War by causing diplomacy between the US and Spain to fail and making people vexed with Spain. “Hearst, being the new kid on the American media block, did everything in his power to force a war to drive newspaper sales. Seib argues that eventually, because the tide of public opinion had so drastically shifted toward intervention due to the sensational stories of Hearst and his competitors, President McKinley was forced to give the American public the war they demanded (William Randolph Hearst, Yellow Journalism, & the Spanish-American War: Two Perspectives for the Classroom, unknown).”
Also stated in U.S. Diplomacy and Yellow Journalism in 1895 “The rise of yellow journ...
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...ed and poorly understood. Thus, due to the misunderstood information and clear aggrandizements the Spanish-American war resulted, all due to the irresponsible yellow journalism (American Correspondents Cover the Spanish-American War, 1878).
In summation, yellow journalism made tranquil diplomacy infeasible and caused the Spanish-American War. The articles published infuriated the public to such a degree that war was called against Spain. Yellow journalism ceased the diplomatic solution of Cuba's quandaries with Spain and made the American public call for war. In these ways, yellow journalism was a major contributor to the Spanish-American War. This interpretation has proved irresistible over the years. Therefore, it very orderly identifies the supposed inceptions of the war while offering a compelling example of the malignant potential of unchecked media potency.
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...the war effort highlight one important fact. The majority of the American people knew how they wanted to respond, and it was the Governments lack of listening and action with caused the slow involvement in are part. The explosion of the USS Maine was the most important cause, because it was the trigger cause. When you research about causes, the main one that will appear will be the USS Maine, not only because it was the one directly before we declared War, but the one that got the government to pay attention to what the people wanted. This was the spark that ignited the public’s emotional response and the government’s military response. This attributed to our increase in naval power and the subsequent demise of the Spanish Empire. McKinley was no longer being pressured by the people, but responding to an attack on his nation, with a response that was greatly needed.
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The struggle of Cuba to gain its independence from Spain, which began in 1895, has captured the attention of many Americans. Spain’s brutal repressive measures to halt the rebellion were graphically portrayed for the U.S. public by American newspaper publishers, William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer which caused to shape the national mood of agitation against Spain. Hearst and Pulitzer exaggerated the actual events in Cuba and how did Spanish brutally treated their prisoners by adding sensational words to catch the emotions of readers. However, publishing stories against the atrocities of Spain did not convince President Cleveland to support the intervention with Spain. When President McKinley held the office in 1897, he wanted to end the revolt peacefully, and he tried to avoid the involvement of America to the conflict between Cuba and Spain. McKinley sent Stewart Woodford to Spain to negotiate for peaceful Cuban autonomy and it all went smoothly and the independence of Cuba was supposed to be awarded after the negotiation. However, the peaceful settlement suddenly vanished after the incident of February 1898 when a private letter for a Cuban friend written by the Spanish minister Enrique Dupuy de Lome was stolen by a Cuban age...
The effects of Yellow Journalism on the country were phenomenal. Led by William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, their vivid pictures painted in black and white exaggerated the tales of foreign intervention. Stories of women being ...
THESIS : “ The United States didn’t want to get involved in the Spanish-American War, but was dragged into it due to yellow journalism, they wanted to control the seas, and wanted complete control over Cuba.”
The Spanish-American war was the first and biggest step that the United States of America took toward imperialism. It was the war that secured the US as the most powerful country in the world. This war was a benefit to the USA because we gained land, gained respect, and taught a lesson to one of our enemies. In addition to this, the losses that we suffered were almost nothing compared to other conflicts or wars. The Spanish-American war was by no means for the sole purpose of gaining land and respect, the United States freed an oppressed country and took pieces of land that were better off under US control.
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The public was further angered by something called “yellow journalism”. Yellow journalism refers to writers such as Joseph Pullitzer and William Hearst trying to outdo each other with screeching headlines and hair raising “scoops”. Where there were no headlines, the yellow press would exaggerate and fabricate stories to get readers interested in their newspaper. For example, Hearst once wrote about Spanish Customs Offic...
Spanish atrocities against Cuban rebels were widely reported to Americans in newspaper publications. Publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst used ‘yellow journalism’ to boost publications sales and...
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