the yellow journalism

  • this was a style of newspaper reporting that emphasized sensationalism over facts, in the late 19th century it was one of many factors that pushed the united states and Spain into war with Cuba.

  • the 2 publishers were; Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst.

  • the yellow journalism is a significant to the history of U.S. foreign relations in thats its centrality to the history of the spanish american war,shows that the press had the power to capture the attention of a large readership and to influence public reaction to international events.