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1) Yellow journalism is a biased opinion that involves distorted stories, and misleading images for the purpose of swaying the public opinion.

2) The Industrial Revolution is what led to the use of yellow journalism.

3) Simply double- and triple-checking one's sources and reading between the lines

4) Writing about the wretchedness of urban life and poverty, against the established institutions of society, such as big business.

5) It was created by President Theodore Roosevelt

6) "Tweed Days in St. Louis" published by Lincoln Steffens, and The "Jungle" published by Upton Sinclair were two Targets of Muckraking in the early 20th century.

7) In the part of this article that talks about health care reform, Obama is portrayed as someone who is making your life easier and allowing you to have health care without paying alot of money. This is yellow journalism becasue of the few more extremem adjectives used to emphasize and becasue it is swaying the public to think a certain way about health care and about Obama. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/28/year-review-obama-robust-record-public-sector-solutions/

8) This article is a good example of muckraking becasue it reveals that certain chinese herbs used in certain medicaitions can increase the risk of cancer. Astudy was done to prove that this is true. In the end this certain chinese herb was banned and it shut down a few types of medication. The goal was to corrupt business and it was a success. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580863,00.html?sPage=fnc/health/alternative  ||

Monday, December 28th... still nothing for your Yellow Journalism / Muckraker assignment. Score: 0/30
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