21 pages in length. It was, perhaps, the most devastating event to occur with regard to journalistic integrity, but it was bound to happen in light of growing competition within the industry. William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were two power hungry publishers who each had his own successful newspaper. Both Hearst's New York Journal and Pulitzer's New York World provided readers with up-to-date information, along with plenty of stimulating social appeal, yet the two literary moguls were constantly competing with each other for a bigger take of the readership pie. So intense was this rivalry that the ongoing battle soon turned into an ugly, mudslinging, back stabbing display of greed and power. The writer discusses yellow journalism and the Spanish/American War as they relate to Hearst and Pulitzer. Bibliography lists 50 sources.
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Democracy: a concept held dear to the hearts and minds of the American people, and one that has traditionally regarded the press
as its "watchdog" (Anonymous, no date, p. media.html). Yet it is also a notion that the journalism industry has come to utilize only when it is fitting for a
story. Such is the tale of yellow journalism and how it forever changed the manner by which reporters, editors, publishers and the public approach the news.
Since its inception, the standard of journalism was long a tool of integrity and fairness. Newspersons may have embellished here and there in order to
put more flavor into a piece, but for the most part, there was a distinct significance to the storys inherent honesty. Truth was a respected commodity in reporting of
days gone by. But the events of 1896, when two talented yet unscrupulously powerful publishers pitted themselves against each other in a media war, changed the course of journalism
history many believe was for the worse. "But ought we not to ask the media to agree among themselves on a voluntary code of conduct...?" (Jost, 1994, p. PG).
I. THE SCANDAL OF YELLOW JOURNALISM It was, perhaps, the most devastating event to occur with regard to journalistic integrity, but it
was bound to happen in light of growing competition within the industry. William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were two power hungry publishers who each had his own successful
newspaper. Both Hearsts New York Journal and Pulitzers New York World provided readers with up-to-date information, along with plenty of stimulating social appeal, yet the two literary moguls were
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