Introduction The term, "yellow journalism," came from the style of journalism used in the 1890's, led by newspaper owners William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. This style of journalism consisted of many gross exaggerations and wild stories used to attract the attention of the public, and there is speculation that these false news stories contributed to the Spanish-American war, which became the United States' first press driven war. I believe that the media was definitely a huge factor. Even though the relationship the U.S had with Spain was clearly not at it's strongest at the time, these false claims against Spain were believed by the public, causing great turmoil within their own country as the general public demanded retaliation against the "crimes" Spain had committed against them. Satire News versus Fake News Satire news refers to media directed at entertaining the public, not informing or claiming to inform through false news. I thoro