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Spanish Poison W ells – Thousands die Cuban Babies fed to Sharks

Examples of Yellow Journalism. Spanish Poison W ells – Thousands die Cuban Babies fed to Sharks Spanish Soldiers Bayonet Cuban Babies Infernal Secret Weapon sinks Maine McKinley is weak, a would be Politician.

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Spanish Poison W ells – Thousands die Cuban Babies fed to Sharks

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  1. Examples of Yellow Journalism • Spanish Poison Wells – Thousands die • Cuban Babies fed to Sharks • Spanish Soldiers Bayonet Cuban Babies • Infernal Secret Weapon sinks Maine • McKinley is weak, a would be Politician

  2. "I went to Cuba with a strong conviction that the picture had been overdrawn…….. What I saw I must be seen with one's own eyes to be realized...To me the strongest appeal is not the barbarity but the spectacle of a million and a half people, the entire native population of Cuba, struggling for freedom and deliverance from the worst misgovernment of which I ever had knowledge..." • Senator Proctor's words, unlike those of the sensationalist press, were taken seriously by Congressional Republicans and the U.S. business community. On March 17, 1898, Vermont Senator Redfield Proctor (1831-1908) delivered one of the most significant speeches of the Spanish-American War era.

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