USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who said “You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war”?
A
William Taft
B
Theodore Roosevelt
C
William Randolph Hearst
D
George Dewey
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-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."

Detailed explanation-2: -You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war. the media’s willingness to compromise impartiality, promote political agendas, and indulge in sensationalism. It has been used, more broadly, to suggest the media’s capacity to inject malign influence into interna-tional affairs.

Detailed explanation-3: -William Randolph Hearst’s journalistic credo reflected Abraham Lincoln’s wisdom, applied most famously in his January 1897 cable to the artist Frederic Remington at Havana: “Please remain [in Cuba]. You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war.”

Detailed explanation-4: -When Hearst Artist Frederic Remington, cabled from Cuba in 1897 that “there will be no war, ” William Randolph Hearst cabled back: “You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war.” Last week the aging (84) Lord of San Simeon was out to prove that his hand had not lost its touch.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hearst was a major producer of movie newsreels and is widely credited with creating the comic strip syndication business. In 1902, his interest in politics led to his election to the United States House of Representatives as a congressman from New York.

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