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Overview  Incidents and Sufferings pamphletAmerican Antiquarian
Society, Worcester, Massachusetts  The U.S.-Mexican War marked a
major advancement in the role media played in fighting a war.
With the advent of devices like the telegraph and the emerging
United States newspaper industry, information was fed to the
U.S. public at a rate never before thought possible. Some U.S.
printers even established "occupation newspapers" in Mexico
which assisted in providing information to the U.S. troops as
well as the general public. In Mexico, newspapers were aligned
with political movements, and either supported or opposed the
war depending on their alliances. During the course of the war,
as the government changed hands, so too did the balance of power
in the Mexican press, helping to shape public opinion.
Newspapers: Mexican Press  Newspapers: U.S. Press  War
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