Yellow journalism means "sensational" journalism, you know.
I wondered why. To my surprise, that came from Yellow Kid, the first
American comic strip character to be a popular star.
The American newspapers that carried the brightly coloured "Yellow
Kid" strip, at the end of 19th century, were called "Yellow Kid
papers", then "yellow papers", and their reputation for sensational
reports of questionable veracity led to the term "yellow journalism".
Here are some references:
http://www.manions.com/trendline/212trendline/yellow.htm
http://www.who2.com/theyellowkid.html
http://www.onlineconcepts.com/pulitzer/yellow.htm
Funnily enough, in my own language, Italian, "yellow" has little to do
with exciting headlines, while it is the colour of detective novels
and crime movies.
In an Italian "yellow" story you'll find mystery and suspense!
And a <giallo rosa>, literally a "pink yellow" novel or film, in Italy
is a "romantic thriller" :)
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Enrico C
Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus
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