What do Yellow journalism or the yellow press?

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One of the factors contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War was sensational writing of yellow journalism. So called yellow journalists exaggerated and embellished facts and appealed to readers' emotions in order to sway public opinion towards war.In other words made readers believe what they wanted them to believe.
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