Read a brief explanation of yellow journalism which began as a competition between Joseph Pulitizer and William Randolph Hearst to see which of their papers could sell more copies based on sensationalized stories. See how the involvement of the United States in the Spanish-American War can be attributed to yellow journalism.

Concepts

yellow journalism

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Additional Tags

sensational journalism, "yellow kid", joseph pulitzer, spanish-american war, william randolph hearst

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)