Question

Why do you think Hearst was in favor of the United States completely disposing of Spanish title possessions in the Western Hemisphere?

Answer 1

Men such as William Randolph Hearst, the owner of The New York Journal was involved in a circulation war with Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World and saw the conflict as a way to sell papers. Many newspapers ran articles of a sensationalist nature and sent correspondents to Cuba to cover the war.

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