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=1) __Yellow Journalism__-is biased opinion masquerading as objective fact. ex: distorted stories and misleading images to excite the public. 2) It all started with a cartoon comic called "The Yellow Kid" and from there free press was allowed and other kinds of newspapers started to come out. 3) The remedy is simply double- and triple-checking one's sources and reading between the lines 4) __Muckracker__- seeks to expose corruption of business or government to the public. 5) Muckracker was first used used on one of Teddy Roosevelt's speech. 6) Some 20th century muckracker journalists were Lincoln Steffens who published "Tweed Days in St. Louis", and Ida Tarbell who published The Rise of the Standard Oil Company.= =7)An example of yellow journalism is John and Kate plus eight, they had the tv show and ended up getting a divorce and now there are stories all over the place about rumors that kate cheated and misleading photos. No one actually knows if these stories are true or not.= [] []
 * 8)An example of muckraking is the movie Super Size Me, which is a documentary about a man who eats only mcdonalds for a certain period of time to show the negative affects of there food. He gained wheight and had health problems therefore he showed the public what mcdonalds was doing to them.**

= = = Friday, October 23rd - Make up assignment These are key terms from Chapter 10 of your textbook: - MANIFEST DESTINY - THE ALAMO - TEXAS ANNEXATION - MOUNTAIN MEN - THE OREGON TRAIL - BRIGHAM YOUNG - GADSEN PURCHASE - TREATY OF FORT LARAMIE - CALIFORNIOS - FORTY NINERS On a piece of paper I would like you to create a VISUAL representation of each of these terms (a basic drawing) sowing their significance to American history. This make up assignment is due Friday, October 30th. Turn your paper into me! =

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