The Yellow Journalism affected the American attitude about Cuba and Spanish-American war by swaying the public opinion to be in support of the war.
Yellow Journalism used sensationalized stories to capture the hearts of its readers. The newspaper owner Randolph Hearst published a story that blamed the Spanish in the tragedy of the sunk USS Maine even without a concrete evidence that the Spanish were involved. The public opinion were greatly affected because of this. Many were in favor of the war because of this and other published images the Spanish as inhumans. The US entered the conflict between Spain and Cuba because of the public opinion that are in favor of war.
