Definition of Yellow Journalism

journalism that exaggerates distorts or exploits the news to attract readers

Examples of Yellow Journalism in a sentence

In the 1800s, Spain and the US were pushed into war because of yellow journalism that exaggerated the facts.  🔊

Yellow journalism often presents itself with an untrue story that is supposed to be funny goes viral on the internet.  🔊

Attention grabbing but untrue, the yellow journalism piece attracted millions of readers across the globe.  🔊

Accused of publishing yellow journalism, the writer was appalled that people would think his work exploited the poor.  🔊

Yellow journalism pieces in the tabloids made people think the celebrity was cheating when he was only having dinner with his cousin.  🔊

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