What is yellow journalism? give an example of it today.

Yellow journalism is journalism based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration. Today we use it to catch peoples eyes, mainly in newspapers and magazines.

Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration. There are many examples of yellow journalism in the news today. A recent story that was circulating on all the top news channels and websites was about a court case between Samsung and Apple. The day after the judge ruled in favor of Apple, a story was published on a website in Mexico that claimed Samsung paid their $1.2 billion dollar fine in nickels. An American journalist picked up the story and ran with it.