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Current Headlines
Is seeing really
believing?
Yellow Journalism
To attract readers, Hearst and Pulitzer used yellow
journalism (reporting that relied on sensational
stories and headlines).
Often, these reports were biased or untrue.
According to one story, a photographer bound for
Cuba stated that there was no war. Hearst replied,
“You supply the pictures, I’ll supply the war.”
Do you think current journalism
ever turns “yellow”?
Explain giving specific examples.
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The Yellow Kid was a popular cartoon character in the strip
Hogan’s Alley. During this time it was used to get drastic and
dramatic ideas across to the newspaper’s readers.
Well,
Hullygee,
Here’s to you!
Here the Yellow Kid is proposing a toast, he went from Pulitzer’s
paper to Hearst’s after just nine months.
http://www.pbs.org/crucible/journalism.html
Spanish American War … a press driven war.
The photograph shows a man standing in front
of a brick wall blindfolded and facing a firing
squad. The picture was first published in a
newspaper during WWI. The caption stated that
the man was a captured enemy spy. The real
story behind the picture is that the photo was
staged. There was a photographer who was
overseas in Belgium photographing the war. He
had taken many staged shots, this being one of
them. Not only was this photo staged, but the
photographer was actually posing as the
“enemy spy”.
Create your own headline and article…
First steamboat through Panama Canal 1911
First airline bombing experiment 1911
Considering the
definition of
yellow journalism,
why is the name an
appropriate fit?
http://www.hearstcastle.org/