Re:Larry Ellison – 'citizens will be on their best behavior'...
by throw0101c on Monday September 29, 2025 @12:42PM
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> what does this have to do with the story?
Historical precedent:
> It was the first conflict in which military action was precipitated by media involvement. The war grew out of U.S. interest in a fight for revolution between the Spanish military and citizens of their Cuban colony. American newspapers fanned the flames of interest in the war by fabricating atrocities which justified intervention in a number of Spanish colonies worldwide.
Historical precedent:
> It was the first conflict in which military action was precipitated by media involvement. The war grew out of U.S. interest in a fight for revolution between the Spanish military and citizens of their Cuban colony. American newspapers fanned the flames of interest in the war by fabricating atrocities which justified intervention in a number of Spanish colonies worldwide.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_propaganda_of_the_Spa...
* https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/yellow-journa...