“W. R. Hearst, New York Journal, N.Y.: ‘Everything is quiet. There is no trouble here. There will be no war. I wish to return. ‘Remington.’
Remington, Havana: ‘Please remain. You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war. ‘W. R. Hearst.’”
This is one of the most famous exchanges in newspaper history, purportedly between photographer Fredrick Remington and newspaper baron William Randolf Hearst. Supposedly it took place in 1897 and it’s cited as one of the major reasons that the U.S. entered the war in Spain in 1898.
There is a good chance that this exchange never really happened.
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Steve Spalding
