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[[File:Puck11-21-1888.jpg|thumb|420px|Nasty little printer's devils spew forth from the [[Hoe press]] in this Griffith  cartoon in ''Puck'' magazine Nov. 21, 1888--about a decade before the term "Yellow Journalism" was coined about these evils]]

[[File:Puck11-21-1888.jpg|thumb|420px|Nasty little printer's devils spew forth from the [[Hoe press]] in this Griffith  cartoon in ''Puck'' magazine Nov. 21, 1888--about a decade before the term "Yellow Journalism" was coined about these evils]]

It downplays legitimate news in favor of eye-catching headlines that sell more newspapers.  It may feature exaggerations of news events, scandals, sex, weird events or unprofessional practices by news media organizations or journalists.  Campbell (2001) defines Yellow Press newspapers as having daily multi-column front-page headlines covering a variety of topics, such as sports and scandal, using bold layouts (with large illustrations and perhaps color), heavy reliance on unnamed sources, and unabashed self-promotion.  

It downplays legitimate news in favor of eye-catching headlines that sell more newspapers.  It may feature exaggerations of news events, scandals, sex, weird events or unprofessional practices by news media organizations or journalists.  Campbell (2001) defines Yellow Press newspapers as having daily multi-column front-page headlines covering a variety of topics, such as sports and scandal, using bold layouts (with large illustrations and perhaps color), heavy reliance on unnamed (often non-existent) sources, and unabashed self-promotion.  

Mott defines Yellow Journalism in terms of five characteristics:<ref>Frank Luther Mott, ''American Journalism'' (1941) p. 539 [https://books.google.com/books?id=3lTybuXbGVsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=mott+%22american+journalism%22&hl=en#PPA539,M1 online]</ref>

Mott defines Yellow Journalism in terms of five characteristics:<ref>Frank Luther Mott, ''American Journalism'' (1941) p. 539 [https://books.google.com/books?id=3lTybuXbGVsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=mott+%22american+journalism%22&hl=en#PPA539,M1 online]</ref>

# scare headlines in huge print, often of minor news

# scare headlines in huge print, often of minor news

# lavish use of pictures, or imaginary drawings

# lavish use of pictures, or imaginary drawings

# use of faked interviews, misleading headlines, pseudo-science, and a parade of false learning from so-called experts

# use of faked interviews, misleading headlines, pseudo-science, and a parade of false learning from so-called "experts"

# emphasis on full-color Sunday supplements, usually with comic strips (which is now normal in the U.S.)

# emphasis on full-color Sunday supplements, usually with comic strips (which is now normal in the U.S.)

# dramatic sympathy with the "underdog" against the system.

# dramatic sympathy with the "underdog" against the system.

Both [[Joseph Pulitzer]] and [[William Randolph Hearst]] are associated with bringing yellow journalism into American society through their newspapers in the later half of the nineteenth century.  The prominence of yellow journalism was especially notable in coverage of the [[Spanish]] occupation of [[Cuba]] and Pulitzer and Hearst took credit for the [[Spanish American War]] that followed, but historians dispute the claim. Their papers reached only New York City readers, and it was the rest of the country that demanded war in 1898.

Both [[Joseph Pulitzer]] and [[William Randolph Hearst]] are associated with bringing yellow journalism into American society through their newspapers in the later half of the nineteenth century.  The prominence of yellow journalism was especially notable in coverage of the [[Spanish]] occupation of [[Cuba]] and Pulitzer and Hearst took credit for the [[Spanish American War]] that followed, but historians dispute the claim. Their papers reached only New York City readers, and it was the rest of the country that demanded war in 1898.

== External links ==

== External links ==

*[http://www.rense.com/general44/sevenjewishamericans.htm Seven Jewish Americans Control Most US Media.]

*[http://www.rense.com/general44/sevenjewishamericans.htm Seven Jewish Americans Control Most US Media.]

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