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yellow journalism

Syllabification: (yel·low jour·nal·ism)

Definition of yellow journalism

noun

journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration:equating murder and dismemberment with smoking pot is the worst yellow journalism

Derivatives

yellow journalist

Origin:

1895: from the appearance in an issue of the New York World of a cartoon in which a child in a yellow dress ( 'The Yellow Kid') was the central figure. The color printing was an experiment designed to attract customers