USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

[SOURCES]
What famous publisher of the New York Journal told his reporter, Frederic Remington, “You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war”?

(A) William McKinley

(B) Clark Kent

(C) Teddy Roosevelt

(D) ** William Randolph Hearst

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -As the story goes, Remington, who had been sent to Cuba to cover the insurrection, cabled to Hearst that there was no war to cover. Hearst allegedly replied with, “You furnish the pictures. I’ll furnish the war."

Concept note-2: -Yellow journalism marked by sensationalist stories, self-promotion. William Randolph Hearst, publisher of the New York Journal, and his arch-rival, Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World, are credited with the creation of yellow journalism.

Concept note-3: -Hearst fired back, “Please remain. You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war.” Giant headlines trumpet the U.S. declaration of war against Spain on the front page of William Randolph Hearsts New York Journal on April 25, 1898.

Concept note-4: -William Randolph Hearst Sr. (/hɜːrst/; April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and politician known for developing the nation’s largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications.

Concept note-5: -Men such as William Randolph Hearst, the owner of The New York Journal was involved in a circulation war with Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World and saw the conflict as a way to sell papers. Many newspapers ran articles of a sensationalist nature and sent correspondents to Cuba to cover the war.