Yellow Journalism refers to a sensationalistic, exaggerated, and often drag and drop answer here style of journalism. Historically, it refers to a period of time at the end of the 19th century when the United States was on the verge of war with drag and drop answer here regarding
tensions in the Caribbean. Though you may think that the term uses the word "yellow" to refer to something cowardly, that is not the case. The term
refers to a
drag and drop answer here that was found in the newspaper The New York World, a newspaper published and owned by
drag and drop answer here (He also owned a number of other major newspapers around the United States.) His chief rival at the time was
drag and drop answer here who also owned many newspapers, most notably the New York Journal. The more sensational the story and
headline, the more newspapers they sold. With this as the backdrop to 1898, it is no surprise that historians often credit - or blame- these two with
fanning the flames of war with Spain over events in drag and drop answer here
Many consider the height of Yellow Journalism to be the drag and drop answer here off the coast of Havana. It was reported, along with a
sensational artist depiction, that the ship was lost due to a Spanish terror plot. However, there was drag and drop answer here evidence of
this But it didn't matter, people reading newspapers in the US. were outraged at what they read as a deliberate attack on the US. Calls for war became
louder and louder and- not surprising-readership of the New York Journal and New York World drag and drop answer here dramatically. By
late- April of that year, the US was at war with Spain