Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yellow journalism

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables: yel-low jour-nal-ism
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Journalism which is sensationalistic and of questionable accuracy and taste.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: tabloidism"
"It is the sort of paper which the father of the family is expected to take home with him from his office and read aloud to the chicks before bed-time. It was founded by its proprietor, Mr. Benjamin White, as an antidote to yellow journalism."
"In the heyday of yellow journalism, newspapers like Joseph Pulitzer’s World and William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal sent out squads of reporters to hunt down leads and, if evidence failed to materialize, make up stories."

Etymology

From the comic The Yellow Kid, published in tabloid newspapers.

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

yellow journalist yellow press

Frequently Paired Words

yellow press tabloid

Synonyms

tabloidism tabloid tab

Questions

What does yellow journalism mean?: Journalism which is sensationalistic and of questionable accuracy and taste.
Where does yellow journalism come from?: From the comic The Yellow Kid, published in tabloid newspapers.

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