William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer did much to sway President McKinley and the American public toward war with Spain. Through a style of reporting known as yellow journalism, they penned sensational stories of Cuban suffering and the explosion of the USS Maine. President Donald Trump and the Republican Party identify fake news as the source of lies about his administration. Compare and contrast the yellow journalism stories of 1898 to the fake news claims of today.

William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer did much to sway President McKinley and the American public toward war with Spain. Through a style of reporting known as yellow journalism, they penned sensational stories of Cuban suffering and the explosion of the USS Maine. President Donald Trump and the Republican Party identify fake news as the source of lies about his administration. Compare and contrast the yellow journalism stories of 1898 to the fake news claims of today.