yellow journalism
the type of journalism that relies on sensationalism and lurid exaggeration to attract readers
Origin of yellow journalism
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
How to use yellow journalism in a sentence
But the vast history of journalism has been about bias and yellow journalism and selling out to the lowest common denominator.
The Director Isn’t Done Yet: An Interview With Steven Soderbergh | Andrew Romano | August 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTReaders did not exactly side with the Patriot; they sent in heaps of hate mail for what they felt was yellow journalism.
Penn State's Joe Paterno and a Veil of Secrecy | Jacob Bernstein, Jessica Bennett | November 13, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTOr is it yellow journalism—a kind of unscrupulous journalism that will stop at nothing?
A century ago, yellow journalism ultimately burned itself out.
The working girl has suffered quite as much at the hands of yellow journalism as the woman of wealth and social position.
The Leaven in a Great City | Lillian William Betts
Hallard put down the weapon and talked yellow journalism of the Philippine problem.
What Will People Say? | Rupert HughesIn fact, it was the story that gave me my start in yellow journalism, from which I graduated the novelist of your acquaintance.
The Eyes of the World | Harold Bell WrightThe material is played up in the style typical of yellow journalism.
The merely impudent motion picture will be relegated to the leisure hours with yellow journalism.
The Art Of The Moving Picture | Vachel Lindsay
Cultural definitions for yellow journalism
Inflammatory, irresponsible reporting by newspapers. The phrase arose during the 1890s, when some American newspapers, particularly those run by William Randolph Hearst, worked to incite hatred of Spain, thereby contributing to the start of the Spanish-American War. Newspapers that practice yellow journalism are called yellow press.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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