I was in Key West this last week. While visiting the Custom house, I saw a display that talked about Yellow Journalism and references to the USS Maine.
Here is the picture.
Well… it seems that in this modern era, Yellow Journalism has hardly gone away. But you know, it’s too bad that the term has not been used as of late.
I think that if we want a change from these news gathering/reporting organizations, then we need to call them what they are. Newsweek put American lives at risk, without having all the facts straight. So when I see Yellow Journalism, this Blog is going to throw out the YJ alert! This is kind of like a bullshit flag, except, I’ll keep it specific to YJ.
I think that when News outlets use there tremendous resources to arbitrarily get convince you to have a specific view, then they are guilty of this.
This goes beyond erronous reporting, this goes to the heart of journalism integrity, which many agencies have lost.