USA HISTORY

This man, along with William Randolph Hearst practiced yellow journalism during the Spanish American War.

(A) Alfred Nobel

(B) Cy Young

(C) ** Joseph Pulitzer

(D) Conn Smythe

Concept note-1: -Yellow journalism marked by sensationalist stories, self-promotion. William Randolph Hearst, publisher of the New York Journal, and his arch-rival, Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World, are credited with the creation of yellow journalism.

Concept note-2: -It all started with Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst starting a form of writing called yellow journalism. These two people brought media into a war and may have even started the Spanish-American War of 1898.

Concept note-3: -Joseph Pulitzer fought for readership with his nemesis, William Randolph Hearst, in the mid-1890s. Both crossed the line into “yellow journalism” during the Spanish-American War.

Concept note-4: -The term was coined by Erwin Wardman, the editor of the New York Press. Wardman was the first to publish the term but there is evidence that expressions such as “yellow journalism” and “school of yellow kid journalism” were already used by newsmen of that time.