yellow journalism
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The video recalls the yellow journalism of William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal — only now, what once took hours to print and eventually reached thousands can be created in seconds and seen by millions.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025
He accused the Telegraph of yellow journalism and “effectively putting words in one’s mouth.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2023
And my trusty World Almanac takes its name from the New York World, a leading purveyor of yellow journalism in the late 1800s.
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2020
It’s nothing of the sort, but this unique brand of yellow journalism has earned the site 75,000 Facebook shares and counting.
From Slate • Feb. 19, 2014
Its journals are rarely equalled for their clean, winnowed columns; there is no "yellow" journalism in that great, fair city, known as the "Quaker City."
From The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure by Dewey, Edward Hooker
