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AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Editor of the above New York Journal. Used sensationalistic journalism practices to boost the sales of his newspapers during the Spanish American War. Said:“You furnish the pictures, I will furnish the war!”
A
Willaim Gorgas
B
Joseph Pulitzer
C
William Randolph Hearst
D
Leonard Wood
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -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."

Detailed explanation-3: -The New York Journal is an example of “Yellow Journalism, ” where the newspapers competed for readers through bold headlines, illustrations, and activist journalism. The paper infamously reported on and influenced events like the Spanish-American War.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term was coined in the mid-1890s to characterize the sensational journalism in the circulation war between Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World and William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal.

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