1887年,当威廉在哈佛大学读书时,他决定接管一家小报纸《旧金山问询报》,几年前他的父亲将其作为一笔赌债接收了下来。乔治更希望他的儿子把兴趣放在采矿和经营牧场上,但威廉拒绝了这个建议并于1887年3月接手成为《问询报》的主人。他决定购置最好的设备,邀请最好的作者撰稿,提升报纸的声望。
Williams resolve to succeed inspired him to publish juicy tales of vice and stories full of drama and motivation. In 1895, he purchased the New York Morning Journal, putting him in direct competition with the distinguished Joseph Pulitzer and a circulation war began.
威廉渴望成功的决心,促使他出版有趣的下流传闻和充满戏剧性、引人入胜的故事。1895年,他买下《纽约晨报》,与著名的约瑟夫?普利策展开直接的竞争,开始了一场扩大发行量的商战。
Both the Hearst and Pulitzer newspapers started to include sensational stories about the Cuban Insurrection. The stories greatly exaggerated claims of Spanish troops placing Cubans in concentration camps, forcing them to live under substandard conditions, disease-ridden, starving and dying. This style of reporting became known as Yellow Journalism. The newspapers were transformed as the scope of the news broadened and became less conservative. Circulation soared as the public could get enough of the banner headlines and abundant illustrations. At the time, many people believed William actually might have initiated the Spanish-American War to encourage sales. According to one report, when one of his correspondents, Frederick Remington, requested to return from Havana, William responded that if Remington would furnish the pictures, William would furnish the war. He was once quoted in an editorial as saying, Make the news thorough Print all the news. Condense it if necessary. Frequently it is better when intelligently condensed.
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