It seems that every time Americans turn on the television, pick up a newspaper, go to a news website, or tune into a radio news broadcast, they are dealing with sex scandals related to the nation’s politicians. The private lives of politicians are publicized by the news media and every minute detail is picked out […]
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Imperialism is the practice of spreading the power of a nation through direct territorial rule and the acquisition of colonies. The desire for power and prestige played a role in American imperialism. But it was the economy that led to the United imperialism. In the late 1800s, the United States became the world’s leading producer […]
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From time to time, the media picks up on a particularly sensational trial in which they know the public will have an interest. While many people quickly grow tired of these trials, media outlets know that yellow journalism sells. We see it all the time today and it was no different in the 19th century. […]
“Joseph Pulitzer was born in Mako, Hungary on April 10, 1847, the son of a wealthy grain merchant of Magyar-Jewish origin and a German mother who was a devout Roman Catholic. He was educated in Budapest. He decided to become a soldier and tried in turn to enlist in the Austrian Army, Napoleon’s Foreign Legion […]
Colors often have different meanings in different cultures. The meanings of the various colors have changed over the years. BLACK Black: Black is the color of authority and power. The word “black” is often used in the West to denote a class of people whose skin color ranges from light to darker shades of brown. […]
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The muckrakers were a group of journalists who typically worked separately, but all fit under the auspices of Teddy Roosevelt’s term because they were the kind of people who would dig and dig for a story even when there really wasn’t anything there or not. They did what they did in order to change the […]