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The U.S.S Maine Disaster: Yellow Journalism At Its Finest. Marietta Mallon December 6, 2019. By M. Mallon. In 1898, the U.S.S. Maine, a battleship anchored in Havana Harbor exploded, killing 266 people. The U.S government had sent the vessel to patrol the waters between Cuba and the U.S. in order to prevent the illegal transport of arms and to ...
The Spanish–American War (April–August 1898) is considered to be both a turning point in the history of propaganda and the beginning of the practice of yellow journalism. It was the first conflict in which military action was precipitated by media involvement.
Sinking of U.S.S. Maine Bring Tensions to a Head. According to the U.S. Office of the Historian, tensions had been brewing in the long-held Spanish colony of Cuba off and on for much of...
This referred to the sinking of the second-class battleship Maine in Cuba’s Havana Harbor on 15 February 1898—the pivotal event initiating the Spanish-American War. Lost in the hail of yellow journalism headlines was what preceded the still unsatisfactorily explained explosions that claimed the ship and 260 of her crew.
Two motion picture tinkerers, Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton, created the first newsreels, dramatizing the sinking of the Maine and Roosevelt’s charge up San Juan Hill. “With ...
Maine was a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April. U.S. newspapers, engaging in yellow journalism to boost circulation, claimed that the Spanish were responsible for the ship's destruction.
“Remember the Maine'' and vowed to avenge the tragedy in Havana Harbor against whomever carried it out. This is the narrative surrounding the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine told throughout the United States today. Modern historiography about the Spanish-American War depicts a vulnerable American public
On February 15, 1898, the battleship USS Maine exploded in Havana’s harbor in Cuba, killing nearly two-thirds of her crew. The tragedy occurred after years of escalating tensions between the United States and Spain, and the “yellow press” and public opinion were quick to blame Spain.
On February 15, 1898, the USS Maine mysteriously exploded and sank while stationed in Havana Harbor in Cuba. While President William McKinley urged calm and patience, two New York newspapers jumped to a hasty conclusion — Spain had destroyed the ship!
A massive explosion of unknown origin sinks the battleship USS Maine in Cuba’s Havana harbor on February 15, 1898, killing more than 260 of the 350-plus American crew members aboard.