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	'''Yellow journalism''', stemming from the '''yellow press''', refers to a type of ] where sensationalism triumphs over factual reporting. This may take such forms as the use of colorful ajectives, exaggeration, a careless lack of fact-checking for the sake of a quick "breaking news" story, or even deliberate falsification of entire incidents.		'''Yellow journalism''', stemming from the '''yellow press''', refers to a type of ] where sensationalism triumphs over factual reporting. This may take such forms as the use of colorful ajectives, exaggeration, a careless lack of fact-checking for the sake of a quick "breaking news" story, or even deliberate falsification of entire incidents.

			The sensationalized human-interest stories of the yellow press increased circulation and readership heavily throughout the 19th century, especially in the United States. Early practictioners, such as ] and ], seem to have equated the sensational reporting of murders, gory accidends, and the like, with the need of the democratic common man to be entertained by subjects beyond dry politics. Two early yellow newspapers were teh '']'' and the '']''.
⚫	An anecdotal example of yellow journalism is often repeated as having come from ], who in 1897 sent the writer and journalist ] to Cuba to report on the ]. Hearst is reputed to have told Davis, in a telegram, "You supply the pictures, and I'll supply the war."

		⚫	Probably the most famous anecdotal example of yellow journalism is often repeated as having come from William Randolph Hearst, who in 1897 sent the writer and journalist ] to Cuba to report on the ]. Hearst is reputed to have told Davis, in a telegram, "You supply the pictures, and I'll supply the war."

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Yellow journalism, stemming from the yellow press, refers to a type of journalism where sensationalism triumphs over factual reporting. This may take such forms as the use of colorful ajectives, exaggeration, a careless lack of fact-checking for the sake of a quick "breaking news" story, or even deliberate falsification of entire incidents.

The sensationalized human-interest stories of the yellow press increased circulation and readership heavily throughout the 19th century, especially in the United States. Early practictioners, such as Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, seem to have equated the sensational reporting of murders, gory accidends, and the like, with the need of the democratic common man to be entertained by subjects beyond dry politics. Two early yellow newspapers were teh New York World and the New York Journal.

Probably the most famous anecdotal example of yellow journalism is often repeated as having come from William Randolph Hearst, who in 1897 sent the writer and journalist Richard Harding Davis to Cuba to report on the Spanish-American War. Hearst is reputed to have told Davis, in a telegram, "You supply the pictures, and I'll supply the war."