As tensions over Cuba soared between America and

Spain in the 1890s, so too did U.S. newspaper sales, fed by

sensationalist reporting. The new media barons wanted a

war, and the facts were not going to spoil a good story.

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Journalism and the

Spanish-American War

JOHN MAXWELL HAMILTON

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POLITICAL CARTOONS MOCKED JOSEPH PULITZER (LEFT) AND WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST (RIGHT) IN 1898.