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American History Homework Nine Answers - Model (view source)
Revision as of 03:10, November 16, 2008
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H2. How do you think the role of newspapers in the recent election compares with the "yellow journalism" of the 1890s?
H2. How do you think the role of newspapers in the recent election compares with the "yellow journalism" of the 1890s?
:Yellow journalism was probably worse than the election coverage. The New York Times has occasionally printed false or exaggerated headlines or stories which they had to retract (I’m losing count of how many stories they’ve pulled!), but I don’t think this is as bad, or as common as similar practices during Yellow journalism. That said, there are some similarities, the greatest being that the media obviously had an agenda. There was a bad double standard in the election coverage, and the media completely ignored many questionable associations, gaffes, and backtracks by Obama as if they never happened, whereas they pounced on any little thing John McCain or Sarah Palin said. (Addison DM)
H3. Write about any issue you like relating to 1896-1920, or the recent election.
H3. Write about any issue you like relating to 1896-1920, or the recent election.