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   yel·low jour·nal·ism

   /ˈyelō ˈjərnlˌizəm/

   noun

   • 1. journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration: "equating murder and dismemberment with smoking pot is the worst yellow journalism"

   Word Origin 1895: from the appearance in an issue of the New York World of a cartoon in which a child in a yellow dress (‘The Yellow Kid’) was the central figure. The color printing was an experiment designed to attract customers.

   Derivatives

   • 1. yellow journalist noun

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