Comments by "Stephen Jenkins" (@stephenjenkins7971) on "Japanese Militarism - Blood on the Railway - Extra History - Part 3" video.
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@lostbutfreesoul Nobody actually said that, that's just a myth made by detractors:
"After Maine was destroyed, New York City newspaper publishers Hearst and Pulitzer decided that the Spanish were to blame, and they publicized this theory as fact in their papers.[66] Even prior to the explosion, both had published sensationalistic accounts of "atrocities" committed by the Spanish in Cuba; headlines such as "Spanish Murderers" were commonplace in their newspapers. Following the explosion, this tone escalated with the headline "Remember The Maine, To Hell with Spain!", quickly appearing.[67] [68] Their press exaggerated what was happening and how the Spanish were treating the Cuban prisoners.[69] The stories were based on factual accounts, but most of the time, the articles that were published were embellished and written with incendiary language causing emotional and often heated responses among readers. A common myth falsely states that when illustrator Frederic Remington said there was no war brewing in Cuba, Hearst responded: "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war.""
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