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 * Joseph Pulitzer**


 * Occupation:** Joseph Pulitzer was a journalist who bought the St. Louis Post, St. Louis Dispatch, and later the New York World. He used "yellow journalism", which is writing stories that aren't necessarily completely true, in order to grab the attention of readers in order to sell more newspapers. He also fought to guarantee freedom of the press. He established Columbia University School of Journalism and the Pulitzer Prizes. At times people referred to him as "the father of modern journalism".


 * Position:** Joseph Pulitzer was in favor of imperialism and the annexation of the Philippines. He was part of the Republican Party and supported Horace Greeley, but Grant eventually won. The importance of his position was that his newspaper depended on it, because his articles about imperialism in the Philippines sold millions of copies. He and William Hearst were accused of starting the Spanish-American War with their accusations that Spain had blown up Maine.


 * Reasons:** He supported imperialism because of the violence of Spaniards towards the Cubans, or at least this is what he wrote about in his paper. He knew that if he wrote about excessive violence from the Spaniards he would get people to buy his newspaper, and also get a reaction from people and they would want the president to declare war and annex the Philippines. There was competition between Pulitzer and William Hearst, so any news that they could get from the war they used to garner interest in their magazines. Pulitzer took every opportunity for more money and a larger audience, and the annexation of the Philippines would give him that opportunity. Also, Pulitzer was a Republican, and during this time most Republicans were Imperialists. It's unclear what Pulitzer's true feelings were towards imperialism, but he really only cared about his newspaper, so he favored imperialism to better his newspaper.

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