The_Newspaper_War

The Newspaper War The Newspaper War When the Battle Ship U.S.S. Maine suddenly exploded in Havana Cuba, Americans cried out for war, as with Pearl Harbor and the Alamo, solders went of to war with the battle cry “remember the Maine”. But unlike other wars this one was not declared by congress, it was the citizens of American who push their country to war with Spain. It was not warmongering on behalf of The American public that caused them to demand war on their European neighbor. Two newsmen and the American Media made the decision for them. At the end of the nineteenth century, the phenomenon of yellow journalism hit American newsstands. Bolstered by a rise in the literacy rate, Thousands of newspapers sprang up around the country. Advertising firms wanted there ads to be seen by as many consumers as possible, and consequently would only want to advertise in a paper with a large circulation. Since the most of revenue newspaper makes comes form selling ads, the 3ability of a paper to survive financially relied heavily on it ability to sell. . Because of their abundance, a fierce competition arose, the major newspapers fought to out sell each other As a hearst, pulitzer, war, new, york, american, spanish, journalism, out, papers, newspapers, maine, william, randolph, press, cuban, battle, yellow, cuba, spain, one, newspaper, joseph, became, time, story, soon, power, own, news, movie, media, headlines, havana, free, even