| − | By 1895 it took 200,000 Spanish soldiers to suppress the Cuban independence movement. Americans were shocked at how Spain sent tens of thousands of Cubans to concentration camps, where many died of starvation or disease. However, publisher [[William Randolph Hearst]] fabricated a great number of these attrocities in an attempt to sell newspapers. When painter [[Frederic Remington]] wrote Hearst that 'there is no trouble (in Cuba) and there will be no war,' Hearst famously replied 'You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war.' <ref>Sifakis, Car. ''The Big Book of Hoaxes''. New York: Paradox Press, 1996. | + | By 1895 it took 200,000 Spanish soldiers to suppress the Cuban independence movement. Americans were shocked at how Spain sent tens of thousands of Cubans to concentration camps, where many died of starvation or disease. However, publisher [[William Randolph Hearst]] fabricated a great number of these atrocities in an attempt to sell newspapers. When painter [[Frederic Remington]] wrote Hearst that 'there is no trouble (in Cuba) and there will be no war,' Hearst famously replied 'You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war.' <ref>Sifakis, Car. ''The Big Book of Hoaxes''. New York: Paradox Press, 1996. |