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The letter contained derogatory references to President McKinley. Now it seemed the extraordinary public reaction to the sinking of the Maine was forcing the president to consider making new demands of the Spanish government. The same day the Examiner asked in a front-page editorial, "Is the United States Preparing for War?" (Mathews 152), the U. The well organized and construed use of sensationalism and yellow journalism the newspaper industry deceived the American population and government to instigate a declaration of war on Spain. Public pressure for war continued to grow, which led to more newspaper stories about public pressure, which in turn led to even more public pressure. Newspapers had major influence on the way people perceived the life in Cuba. Newspapers started reporting atrocities and many mass executions of prisoners and sympathizers in detention camps. Many respected Journalists began questioning the credibility of the mainstream newspapers. Stories about the Cuban rebellion sold papers, and continued to appear. Cuba and Puerto Rico were the only remnants of Spain's once vast empire in the New World (Brenan 211). Even though the Spanish government released an investigation that declared that the destruction of the USS Maine was from internal causes, possibly the over heating of the engine, the American press did not print the reports. The American public's outrage was severe. warship Maine was destroyed while lying at anchor in the Havana Harbor. McKinley apparently asked Congress for a war declaration just in time (Brenan 323). Some topics in this essay:
Stories Cuban,
Deception Newspapers,
Powers Acts,
USS Maine,
Cuba Spain,
Madrid Spain,
American War,
Francisco Examiner,
President McKinley's,
Havana Harbor,
spanish government,
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newspaper industry,
public pressure,
yellow journalism,
instigate declaration war,
type journalism,
government instigate,
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declaration war,
war spain,
american population government,
journalism newspaper industry,
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population government instigate,
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