Yellow Journalism | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Learn how newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst used “yellow journalism” in his New York Journal’s coverage of the 1898 U.S.S. Maine explosion in Havana Harbor, Cuba, with this video from Citizen Hearst | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. Hearst used unverified sensationalism to attract readers during the newspaper circulation wars of the 1890s. His paper’s reporting on the Cuban uprising and U.S.S. Maine explosion contributed to the public’s support for a war against Spain.