Yellow Journalism as practiced by the newspapers of William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were largely responsible for swaying popular support of

Yellow Journalism as practiced by the newspapers of William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were largely responsible for swaying popular support of the Spanish American War. Yellow journalism came from a popular New York World comic called "Hogan's Alley," which featured a yellow-dressed character named the "the yellow kid."