How did newspapers and political cartoons portray Spain and the Spanish government in the 1890s?

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Sim W.
Apr 13, 2017

They were portrayed very negatively

Explanation:

The purpose of the yellow press was very precisely "war propaganda", the escalation had to be justified. It was what Noam Chomsky would lated the "manufacturing of consent". Spaniards were portrayed as savages. People such as Pulitzer or Hearst did a wonderful job in promoting the war.

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