Hearst and the Spanish American War

William Randolph Hearst was a leading newspaperman whose influence on politics reached far and wide. In this video with Kenneth Whyte, author of The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst, http://www.WatchMojo.com learns more about his involvement and influence in leading the United States into war against Spain over Cuba in the Spanish-American war.

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[SuperTrigga3]

@Choblik they believed that William Randolph Hearst was the starting point of the war, he used yellow journalism, or simply propaganda to bring in the citizens at that time. People then thought did the Spanish fleet actually destroy the USS Maine? then a group of scuba divers dived in to check on the ship and it turned out the thermodynamic engine exploded which maybe a cause of the explosion on the ship :(

[Choblik]

Didnt Hearst made up a war?

[RODY63]

LaVey likes to work from dusk to dawn. LaVey sports a Van Dyke beard, and a head shaved in the same fashion of executioners during the middle ages. Most of his followers never see him. Although LaVey has gotten wide press coverage, thanks to William Randolph Hearst’s newspapers and his publishing companies like Avon, LaVey is a very secretive person and very rarely shows himself to even his high priests, or even talks to them.

[ricardodiazbromas]

what a fucking clown. The US sympathised with Cuba philosophically? Don't say bullshit: they wanted to squeeze Cuba just like the Spanish Empire did. But they took over Cuba with no difficulty, and then screwed up and managed to have the URSS 13 miles away. If the had left Cuba as a part of the Spanish Empire, there wouldn't have been any conflict or problem. Stupid and colonialist americans.

[jpstenino]

100% Complete bullshit coming from the man and that woman, what a sycophant.

[sullivanokaine]

Complete bullshit

[mar0113]

This guy is insulting the intelligence of the American public... He probably thinks that we went to Iraq spread democracy or fight terrorism instead of trying to get control of their Oil... or we had a war with Mexico to remember El Alamo instead of taking their lands all the way to California... or that we created the country of Panama to save them from being a province of Colombia instead or our interest of constructing a canal... sure... we are always the good guys...

[elamite66]

yeah you're basically right but I didn't think he was portraying Hearst as being totally pure but we both know the major factors were his imperialistic attitude and selling newspapers By the way my Grandmother once told me she remembered the end of the Spanish Armerican war because she remembers her father (my great grandfather) setting off fireworks out in the street She must have about 4 years old or so

[LSDNY]

@elamite66 I was responding to this author's statement that Hearst's encouragement of the US government to intervene in Cuba was heroic. I don't consider agitating for war when it can be avoided to be heroic under any circumstances.  Seems pretty obvious this guy is characterizing his motives as pure. But that shouldn't be celebrated when the aftermath of this war turned out to be so disgraceful on the part of the US government, just like all wars.

[elamite66]

@LSDNY I don't see why you think Hearst's motives are portrayed as being pure, sure Hearst had imperialistic motives but he also probably did believe in the Cuban insurgents He was not either pure of heart or pure evil Well I can see you know the subject probably better than I do Maybe you can tell me why we annexed Guam but not the rest of the Marianas Islands or the Marshalls or Carolines which were purchased from Spain by Germany and then awarded to Japan in 1919 and the US in 1945? curious?