Marie+K.

1. Yellow Journalism involved cartoons,sensationalism, distorted stories for the sole purpose of boosting sales.

2.It started out with the rapid industrial revolution.

3. The potential remedy to yellow journalism is to check one's source several times and read between the lines.

4. A muckraker is a journalist, author or filmmaker who investigates and exposes political and/or social corruption.

5.The term "muckraker" was first used in a speech on April 14, 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt.

6. Upton Sinclair revealed conditions in the meat packing industry in the United States and another target was profiling corrupt leaders in St. Louis.

7. An example for Yellow Journalism is the fight between Rihanna and Chris Brown. It happened earlier this year but it is still in the news and they always come up with new things about it. I think there are a lot of made up things and the journalists just want to have some news to get their magazines sold. Here is the link: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20323528,00.html

8. Denny Hecker owned several automobil dealerships and now he is accused of fraudulently by creditors, he borrowed money from. His lifestyle was above what he could afford. Now many reports are being written trying to solve the mistery. http://wcco.com/crime/hecker.bankruptcy.hell.2.1374509.html