USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Yellow Journalism is ____
A
The Loudoun Sun Times
B
Exaggerated News Reports
C
Yellow Paper Reports
D
Nonfiction News Reports
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -yellow journalism, the use of lurid features and sensationalized news in newspaper publishing to attract readers and increase circulation. The phrase was coined in the 1890s to describe the tactics employed in the furious competition between two New York City newspapers, the World and the Journal.

Detailed explanation-2: -Yellow journalism usually refers to sensationalistic or biased stories that newspapers present as objective truth.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thus, in its most developed and intense form, yellow journalism was characterized by: the frequent use of multicolumn headlines that sometimes stretched across the front page. a variety of topics reported on the front page, including news of politics, war, international diplomacy, sports, and society.

Detailed explanation-4: -News stories that are focused on grabbing people’s attention rather than conveying well-reported news are known as yellow journalism. A newspaper headline like “ALIENS STEAL NEIGHBORHOOD PUPPIES” is definitely an example of yellow journalism.

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