> 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.

> 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. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_propaganda_of_the_Spanish–American_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_propaganda_of_the_Spa... * https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/yellow-journalism https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/yellow-journa...