Unfortunately, in order to boost sales even more, editors and reporters began stressing "yellow journalism, " i.e.

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All over the internet and other forms of media, participants in the creation of this preemptive narrative drew attentions to the same handful of public incidents, instances of yellow journalism, and inflammatory public comments.

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Why is this type of yellow journalism dangerous?

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