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[00:00.00]Both the Hearst and Pulitzer newspapers [00:03.82]started to include sensational stories [00:06.56]about the Cuban Insurrection. [00:09.08]The stories greatly exaggerated claims [00:13.56]of Spanish troops placing Cubans [00:16.08]in concentration camps, [00:18.05]forcing them to live [00:20.34]under substandard conditions, [00:22.09]diseaseridden, starving and dying. [00:25.16]This style of reporting [00:28.11]became known as “Yellow Journalism”. [00:29.75]The newspapers were transformed [00:33.58]as the scope of the news broadened [00:35.88]and became less conservative. [00:38.72] Circulation soared as the public could [00:42.00]get enough of the banner headlines [00:44.41]and abundant illustrations. [00:45.95]At the time, many people [00:49.45]believed William actually might [00:51.20]have initiated the SpanishAmerican War [00:54.58]to encourage sales. [00:56.99]According to one report, [00:59.62]when one of his correspondents, [01:01.81]Frederick Remington, [01:03.88] requested to return from Havana, [01:06.08]William responded [01:07.83]that if Remington would [01:09.47]furnish the pictures, William [01:11.00]would furnish the war. [01:13.29]He was once quoted in an editorial [01:15.60] as saying, “Make the news [01:18.87]thorough Print all the news. [01:21.17]Condense it if necessary. [01:24.23]Frequently it is better [01:25.99]when intelligently condensed.” [01:28.72]Another classic example of his influence [01:31.79]occurred when, merely months [01:34.30]after he advocated political assassination [01:37.37] in an editorial, [01:39.22] American President McKinley was assassinated. |
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