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Yellow Journalism.

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 * [|The "Yellow Fever" of Journalism]This website gives a great view on the competition between The New York Word and The New York Journal. It also gives good insight on the "The Yellow Kid". It also talks about the battle between paperboys on the corner. This website gives plenty of examples of Yellow Journalism. If you are looking for a some what knowledgeable site about Yellow Journalism, this would be a good one. Its a short read.
 * [|Joseph Pulitzer; The Father of Yellow Journalism] This website is a very good biography site. It goes threw his battle with Hearst for the most news paper sales. This site gives good detail the battles with Hearst. It gives some examples of some Yellow Journalism that went on between them. This would be one of the top websites for Yellow Journalism. I would recommend this site for information.
 * [|Yellow Journalism Origin: Pulitzer v. Hearst] I would recommend this website before any others. I gives great detail on the fight between Hearst and Pulitzer. It also gives plenty of external links to other good sites. Also, it talks about the definition of Yellow Journalism. Giving examples and definitions is what gives this site an edge. It has good info and easy to read.
 * [|Yellow Journalism and the USS Maine] Yellow Journalism wasn't only in column or stories but also in pictures. This website is a good example of that. It shows a "picture" or the explosion of the USS Maine. Which was exaggeration of the explosion. But it dose give a good example of the magnitude of the exaggeration of Yellow Journalism. It gives a good view about Yellow Journalism.
 * [|Randolph Hearst and Yellow Journalism] This website is the equivalent of the second website but just to Hearst. Its basicly a biography of Hearst. But a biography of his journalism life. I don't think this is as good as the second website. It dose give good info about Hearst though. I would recommend it for anyone looking for a site only about Hearst.

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Summary: In the early 1900's the United States was hit with something uncontrollable. I'm not talking about the war with Spain, I'm talking about Yellow Journalism. This epidemic was between to big news paper companies. First, was the New York World, which was owned by Joseph Pulitzer. And second, was a paper called the New York Journal, which was owned by Randolf Hearst. They battled on many topics and went back and forth on who sold the most papers. The definition of Yellow Journalism is a type of journalism that exaggerates the truth and "spices" up the story to make it more appealing to the readers. By jazzing up an article, it made people want to read about it and buy more papers. The owner of the New York World, the originator of Yellow Journalism, was Joseph Pulitzer. Joseph Pulitzer was the owner of the New York World, which started Yellow Journalism. The term Yellow Journalism came from the comic strip featured in the New York World. It was called the Yellow Kid. Outcault, the artist of the Yellow Kid, was bought out from Pulitzer and went to work for Hearst. That's when Hearst got into the race. Hearst was a lot like Pulitzer, besides that Hearst was not abusive to employees. Both of the papers now were getting into "flavoring" up the articles to sell more. At one point, Pulitzer tried to sell his penny for one penny cheaper then Hearsts. That back fired. The New York Journal was doing very well. When the U.S.S. Maine exploded, that's when both papers sales went through the roof. They both depicted an image of the battle ship exploding wildly. The Journal had put out, 4 days after the explosion, a sketch of the explosion and a reward offer of $50,000 to who ever could point out who ever had done it. They, as well as the World, blamed the Spanish fleet on the explosion.