USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

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Which meaning BEST defines yellow journalism?

(A) a style of journalism that uses actual stories to attract readers

(B) ** a style of journalism that uses sensational or unethical news stories to attract readers

(C) a style of journalism that has exaggerating words but actual political drawings that are real

(D) a style of journalism that is boring, dull, and doesn’t attract readers

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Yellow journalism usually refers to sensationalistic or biased stories that newspapers present as objective truth. Established late 19th-century journalists coined the term to belittle the unconventional techniques of their rivals.

Concept note-2: -Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism. By extension, the term yellow journalism is used today as a pejorative to decry any journalism that treats news in an unprofessional or unethical fashion.

Concept note-3: -Which of the following best describes yellow journalism? Yellow journalism emphasized large headlines, bright colors and pictures, and sensationalized stories.