dec 11, 1895 - Yellow Journalism
Description:
- Practice of exaggerating news stories to further a political cause.- Hearst and Pulitzer = huge, rival newspaper companies. Both are pro-expansionalist. They know that if the US goes to war, more newspapers will sell.
- They spun a story that Cubans need the US to help fight evil, evil Spanards. They shaped public opinion; pushed people to want the US to intervene.
-Cause of Spanish American War
Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 11, 1895
Now
~ 129 years ago