Critical Thinking 18-2 #3

During the second war for Cuba's independence from Spain, American newspapers began to adopt new policies. They used different strategies to capture the attention of the people, and then try to convince them to side with the writer's opinions. This was known as yelow journalism.
Newspapers used yellow journalism in a war for popularity against each other. They tactics they wouuld use often involved the exaggeration of stories from Cuba. For example, James Creelman's reports of the war commented on it's violence and brutality. The newspapers exaggerated Creelman's remarks in a way that encouraged readers to antagonize Spain and call for war. Another example of yellow journalism was the article in the newspaper about the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine, which pointed the blame at Spain for no clear reason. When Frederic Remington was sent to draw sketches of Cuba, he stated that war with Spain didn't seem necessary, but the newspapers replied that they would "furnish the war."