Yellow Journalism - how come noone is using this term?

[Must_B_Free]

http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism

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

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"Probably the most famous anecdotal example of yellow journalism is often repeated as having come from William Randolph Hearst, who in 1897 sent the illustrator Frederic Remington and writer Richard Harding Davis to Cuba to report on the Spanish-American War. Remington allegedly wired home, saying that all seemed peaceful and that he wished to return. Hearst is reputed to have replied, in a telegram, "You supply the pictures, and I'll supply the war."

Folks, we have been here before and NOONE is acknowledging this fact. We need to reframe the debate and make the language work for us. I would call the Bush media complicity Yellow journalism in both the over running of stories like Laci Peterson murder, and the deliberate falsifications in the war reports.

I want to identify journalists and occurrences of Yellow journalism, maybe in this way we can keep the straight record alive somewhere for a time when this can be exposed.

[thinkingwoman]

1. as a journalist

I believe you should take this idea and run with it! Excellent plan. You're on to something.

Particularly harp on the lack of fact checking...that's a less sensationalistic way of pointing out lack of coverage of bush lies. When the left yells "liar" it gets ignored. I think the approach should be a quiet but persistant harping of facts, facts, facts...and a condemnation of the lack of fact checking going on in the national media.

[Virgil]

5. factcheck.org

NOW with Bill Moyers interviewed the person that was concerned about the lies and distortions we see in the political campaign- http://www.factcheck.org/ It is sponsored by the Annenburg Project.

[grasswire]

2. excellent point

Americans understand the term. It could surely be applied to Murdoch's and to Scaife's henchmen everywhere. The Washington Times, the editorial page of the WSJ. Certain columnists such as George Will and Safire. The radio's rightwing.

[NewJeffCT]

3. not to mention

the fact that at one time 70% of Americans thought there was a connection between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein - I wonder who contributed to that?

[calimary]

4. Media Malpractice is what it is. Wish we could sue...

[Must_B_Free]

6. kick

[bigtree]

7. She's crying because we're gaining ground

in the information war.