29: The Birth of Click Bait & Fake News: Yellow Journalism

29: The Birth of Click Bait & Fake News: Yellow Journalism

Dark History

Journalists are supposed to follow the principles of truthfulness, accuracy, objectivity and public accountability. But that wasn’t always the case for Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. Today we’re going to talk about how their desire to beat each other led to the era of Yellow Journalism and reshaped Journalism as we know it. 

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