'Yellow Journalism'

Analysis 2: U.S. Media From “Yellow Journalism” to “Fake News”

The 2016 Presidential Election exposed the un-apologetic hypocrisy in the American media about journalism ethics. “Yellow journalism” made a comeback unprecedented since its hay days in the 1890s. New York newspaper publishers William Randolph Hearst (New York Journal) and Joseph Pulitzer (New York World), sensationalized their headlines, and with fraudulent stories to increase their circulation profits.