Who told the artist Frederic Remington you furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war?

Answer 1

Short Answer:

William Randolph Hearst, of the New York Journal.

Long Answer:

In 1896, Spain responded to the Cuban revolt by sending general Valeriando Weyler to Cuba to restore order. Weyler tried to crush the rebellion by herding the entire rural population of central and western Cuba into barbed-wire concentration camps. Here civilians could not give aid to rebels. An estimated 300,000 Cubans filled these camps, where thousands died from hunger and disease. Weyler's actions fueled a war over newspaper circulation that had developed between the American newspaper tycoons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. To lure readers, Hearst's New York Journal and Pulitzer's New York World printed exaggerated accounts - by reporters such as James Creelman - of "Butcher" Weyler's brutality. Stories of poisoned wells and of children being thrown to the sharks deepened American sympathy for the rebels. This sensational style of writing, which exaggerates the news to lure and enrage readers, became known as *yellow journalism*. Hearst and Pulitzer fanned war fever. When Hearst sent the gifted artist Frederic Remington to Cuba to draw sketches of reporters' stories, Remington informed the publisher that a war between the United States and Spain seemed very unlikely. Hearst reportedly replied, "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war."

Answer 2

This is a famous quote credited William Randolph Hearst. He supposedly said this to photographer Frederic Remington regarding reports that there was no war going on in Cuba. This example of Hearst's yellow journalism is thought have been a contributing factor to the United States' entry into the Spanish American War.

Answer 3

William Randolph Hearst