1906 NY Gubernatorial Race:
The 1906 New York gubernatorial race was one for the ages: The current president stepping in for a future presidential candidate, a propaganda war, and …
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Yellow Journalism Cartoon by Leon Barritt, first published in “Vim”
Today, William Randolph Hearst is widely known for his rivalry with Joseph Pulitzer and his extreme yellow journalism. Pulitzer’s newspaper, the New York World, was already well …
The Spanish-American War Begins After the False Flag Bombing of the Battleship Maine
U.S. Secretary of State John Hay called the Spanish-American War of 1898 a “splendid little war.” Superficially, the description seemed apt. After the battleship Maine mysteriously …
Puck Magazine Prints Illustration Depicting Yellow Journalism / Fake News
Print shows a newspaper owner, possibly meant to be Joseph Pulitzer, sitting in a chair in his office next to an open safe where “Profits” …
MO Sen. George Graham Vest: “History is written by the victors…”
Late in the new movie The Report, Adam Driver’s Dan Jones argues with his prospective defense attorney over who really said, “History is written by the …
The 1828 US Presidential Election
The United States in the 19th century saw major changes take hold on the political, social, industrial, and electoral level. In 1804, the Twelfth Amendment …