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...result, writes Swanberg, was "the orgasmic acme of ruthless, truthless newspaper jingoism." Hearstmen in Cuba trumped up atrocity stories to The Chief's (and the public's) taste. Sent down to draw the look of battle, Artist Frederic Remington cabled his desire to return: EVERYTHING is QUIET. THERE is NO TROUBLE HERE. THERE WILL BE NO WAR. Hearst's infamous response: PLEASE REMAIN. YOU FURNISH THE PICTURES AND I'LL FURNISH THE WAR. Seizing upon the still-unexplained sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor as an excuse, Hearst whipped the U.S. into a chauvinistic...
...REFLECTING UPON YOUR COVERAGE OF THE FAUBUS AFFAIR [SEPT. 23], I HEAR ONLY THE MOCKING LAUGH OF HISTORY - AT THOSE OF MY FELLOW SOUTHERNERS WHO WOULD HOLD BACK THE TIDE OF SOCIAL GROWTH WITH THE MINNOW SEINE OF TRUTHLESS REASON...
...playwrights. They gleefully eviscerate the noblest hero and burn the baby's eyeballs with a chuckle. An untruthful tribe as well, they are only exceeded in creating lies and tortures by the strange race of men who make up plays of mystery. Strive as one must to minimize their truthless horrors, one cannot escape, herein at least, their power...
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