Yellow+Journalism

= = = = =__Yellow Journalism__=

=Who were the yellow journalists?= = =
 * Joseph Pulitzer- New York World
 * William Randolph Hearst- New York Journal

=Emergence of Yellow Journalism=
 * 1890s- Spanish American War beginning
 * Hearst and Pulitzer realized that yellow journalism was a fas way to sell newspapers and have an influence in government
 * Newspapers were often one-sided telling only of Spanish cruelty and painting sympathetic ideas of Cubans
 * Americans believed the sensational stories and pushed for action
 * name "yellow journalism" cam from a popular Hearst charachter the "yellow Kid"[[image:http://cartoons.osu.edu/yellowkid/1896/november/1896-11-29b.jpg width="483" height="344"]] which was duplicated by Pulitzer
 * origins of yellow journalism

=Effects of Yellow Journalism=
 * Yellow Journalism mobilized Americans to push for war with Spain
 * one-sided stories mixed with events such as the De Lome Letter and the sinking of the U.S. Maine to create a negative view of the Spanish and a desire to take away their control
 * Pressure from media and Americans caused McKinley to declare war
 * Allowed for the first ever "Media War"
 * [|push by Yellow journalism]