HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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writers who exposed period problems in hopes of achieving reform
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writers who wrote in yellow to bring attention to Spanish abuses
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newspaper reporters and illustrators who exaggerated stories in order to sell newspapers and fuel a war with Spain
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writers who opposed American imperialism and aimed to keep America neutral
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Detailed explanation-1: -Led by newspaper owners William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, journalism of the 1890s used melodrama, romance, and hyperbole to sell millions of newspapers–a style that became known as yellow journalism.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Spanish American War, while dominating the media, also fueled the United States’ first media wars in the era of yellow journalism. Newspapers at the time screamed outrage, with headlines including, “Who Destroyed the Maine? $50, 000 Reward, ‘’ “Spanish Treachery” and “Invasion!”
Detailed explanation-4: -The use of “yellow journalism” as a synonym for over-the-top sensationalism in the U.S. apparently started with more serious newspapers commenting on the excesses of “the Yellow Kid papers".