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Historic Blunders: Explosive reports.
- Source :
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TES: Magazine . 6/10/2005, Issue 4638, TES TEACHER p5-5. 1/3p. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Looks at how William Randolph Hearst made a mistake when he condemned the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana, Cuba in his papers as an act of Spanish sabotage. Use of a slogan by Hearst that urged readers to support a war; Declaration of a war by U.S. President William McKinley to liberate Cuba from the Spaniards; Assertion of most experts that the ship sank as a result of an accidental fuel explosion.
- Subjects :
- *SHIPWRECKS
*WAR
*NAVAL history
*JOURNALISTS
*JOURNALISM
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00407887
- Issue :
- 4638
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- TES: Magazine
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 17538682