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media type="custom" key="4488742"Mitchel Stahlmann Period 1

===1) Define what is meant by the term YELLOW JOURNALISM. It's a short, and biased opinion published as fact. It was first started when it they were able to mass produce newspaper.

2) What event in American history did the print media first use YELLOW JOURNALISM ? When the "Yellow Kid" was published, critics called the biased cartoon "yellow journalism" because of its yellow ink.

3) What is a potential remedy to YELLOW JOURNALISM? Check the resources of the article and see if the information published is leget.

4) What is meant by the term MUCKRAKING? Exposing the wrongs, and corruptions of governments or businesses.

5) What U.S. President actually created the term "MUCK-RAKE?" President Theodore Roosevelt

6) What were two targets of MUCKRAKING journalists in the early 20th century? -Pure food and drug act -The right to strike

7) Recognizing what YELLOW JOURNALISM is, find a current event story from an internet source and describe in 3-4 sentences of how it is an example of this type of journalism. How is the story being stretched or sensationalized? Note after your summary the website you found your story on.

8) Recognizing what MUCKRAKING is, find a current event story from an internet source and describe in 3-4 sentences of how it is an example of this type of journalism. Think of the following, what issue is being exposed? What change is desired by the journalist? Note after your summary the website you found your story on.===