yellow journalism

Our generation has redefined the old slur “yellow journalism.”

Then, in 2022, using lies about Nazi leaders and yellow journalism to accuse Ukraine of atrocities, he justified yet another invasion.

He accused the Telegraph of yellow journalism and “effectively putting words in one’s mouth.”

If the yellow journalism of the 19th century can be defined by the sensationalistic “if it bleeds, it leads” mentality, pink slime is the opposite.

That column was cited in a Wall Street Journal opinion essay a month or so later accusing The Times of “a new kind of yellow journalism.”