Yellow journalism - a type of journalism that downplays legitimate news in favor of eye-catching headlines that sell more newspapers. Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst were American newspaper publishers who used melodrama, romance, and hyperbole to sell millions of newspapers; a style that became known as yellow journalism.
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Video - Yellow Journalism: Origins and Definition
Yellow journalism - a type of journalism that downplays legitimate news in favor of eye-catching headlines that sell more newspapers. Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst were American newspaper publishers who used melodrama, romance, and hyperbole to sell millions of newspapers; a style that became known as yellow journalism.
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