Question

How did william randolph hearst contribute to the start of the spanish-american war?

Answer 1

His newspaper printed stories that inflamed relations with Spain

Answer 2

We can say that Hears was one the most important factors in that contributed to the start of the Spanish-American War. His newspaper had sensationalist news and that greatly over-exaggerated the events that happened. He was instrumental in influencing public opinion on the situation which pushed government to intervene.