In 1887, while William was at Harvard University, he decided to take over the small newspaper, the San Francisco Examiner, which his father had accepted as payment for a gambling debt several years earlier. George would have preferred that his son be involved in the mining and ranching interests, but the Examiner in March 1887. He was determined to increase the popularity of the paper and antique the best equipment and writers available.
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 Pulizer and circulation war began.
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 camp, 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 believe William actually might have initiated the Spanish-American War to encourage sales. According the one report, when one of his correspondents, Fredrick Remington, requested to return from Havana, William responded that if Remington would furnish the picture, William would furnish the war. He was once quoted in an editorial as saying, Make the news through Print all the news. Condense it if necessary. Frequently it is better when intelligently condensed.
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