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The US has a long history of employing atrocity propaganda. One of the earliest and most well-known instances was the claim that Spanish saboteurs attacked and sunk the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898. Although there was no evidence to substantiate the claim, the story was widely circulated and used to rally support for the war with Spain. These types of fabricated and sensationalized stories were commonly published in newspapers owned by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. This form of journalism became known as "Yellow Journalism." The US would continue to develop their systems and methods to produce and disseminate propaganda throughout WWI. Following the 1917 revolution in Russia, the Bolsheviks became a primary target of imperialist atrocity propaganda campaigns. Most of the alleged atrocities have been debunked through the declassification of Soviet archives, but the damage was already done. Once propaganda is disseminated, it can persist despite the facts. ...