Midterm Jan. 2015

“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspaper” Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

This quote means that newspapers would place many lies and bias would make the reader believe that what the world around them. In ways I would agree. I would agree to this because throughout history and even today, there have been many newspapers that were bias.

 Such for example, Jean-Paul Marat was a radical reporter during the French Revolution. He told the people that counter revolutionists would get rid of the progress they made from freeing themselves from monarchy rule and advises be beheaded. For example, in a pamphlet on July 1790 he advises counter revolutionists, "Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom, and happiness." Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793). With that many lives were lost and the French people became afraid. He continued until his assassination.

Yellow journalism is a type of journalism that used crude exaggeration. This term was based on a time in the early 20^th century where two of America’s top newspapers, The Pulitzer and the New York journal, was competing on sales. For example, both Pulitzer and Hearst exaggerated people to help Cuba to fight against Spain. They focused more on the war, rather than the harsh treatment of the Spaniards to the Cubans.  Another example, was when the Maine, a US naval ship sank on the Havana harbor. Both Pulitzer and Hearst exaggerated that it was the Spanish’s fault, although in truth it wasn’t. Thus causing the Spanish-American War.  
It was difficult for me because I didn't know the right example at the time.  I also tried to explain it but couldn't.