During the spanish - american war, media was quite influential. choose 1 example and explain how in that case the media influenced the american public’s opinion towards intervention in either cuba or the philippines.

A famous example of propaganda used during the Spanish-American war was the Yellow Journalism. This type of journalism makes use of attention grabbing headlines rather than well-grounded facts and evidences to increase the widespread of the news article. American press released fabrications that justified their actions on the colonies.