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Grenville Dodge: In order to work upon the sympathies of the people, some of the papers are publishing pictures showing our soldiers in…

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In order to work upon the sympathies of the people, some of the papers are publishing pictures showing our soldiers in the very act of committing great outrages; the pictures were manufactured in their own offices, as were also most of the outrages complained of.
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Grenville Dodge
Republican · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

Dodge criticizes the media for misrepresenting the actions of American soldiers in the Philippines to sway public opinion.

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