Zimmerman: We must recognize "yellow journalism" when we see it; it's all around us

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 Have you ever heard the term "Yellow Journalism"? Well, you're seeing it now in the press.  "Yellow journalism, or the yellow press, is a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism. By extension, the term yellow journalism is used today as a pejorative to decry any journalism that treats news in an unprofessional or unethical fashion.
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"Frank Luther Mott (1941) defines yellow journalism in terms of five characteristics:"

1. scare headlines in huge print, often of minor news
2. lavish use of pictures, or imaginary drawings
3. use of faked interviews, misleading headlines, pseudoscience, and a parade of false learning from so-called experts
4. emphasis on full-color Sunday supplements, usually with comic strips
5. dramatic sympathy with the "underdog" against the system.

Now that we have defined our terms, let's look at some of what we consider to be modern-day yellow journalism: 

AP: Trayvon 'Black,' Zimmerman 'Identifies Himself as Hispanic'  "The article's author, Josh Gerstein, correctly identifies teenage shooting victim Trayvon Martin as black. Like most of the rest of the media, though, Gerstein cannot seem to bring himself to identify Zimmerman as what he is: Hispanic. Instead, Gerstein writes, "Martin was black, and Zimmerman identifies himself as Hispanic." "

 

Salon Writer: 'Our Real Problem Is White Rage' 

 

CNN Legal Analysts Don't Hide Anti-Zimmerman Bias  "In the immediate aftermath of the not-guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, two CNN legal analysts who are presented to viewers as unbiased experts, made their biases very clear and public. Jeffrey Toobin took to Twitter, while Sonny Hostin expressed her shock and disappointment on the air."

 

NY Daily News' Cover Links Trayvon with Civil Rights Martyrs  So does  Toure' at MSNBC.

 

Former Journalism Professor Blasts Media for Zimmerman Coverage 

...."Instead, the members of the news media portrayed Zimmerman as “the neighborhood watch captain/'wannabe cop'” who profiled Martin, “an unarmed, hoodie-clad black teenager” out on the streets “simply because he wanted some Skittles.”
" “The storyline quickly took root,” Rieder noted, “amplified by the nearly ubiquitous images of the two: a sweet-looking photo of a several-years-younger Trayvon released by his family, and a mug shot of Zimmerman from a previous arrest in which he looks puffy and downcast.” "

MSNBC’s Hispanic Lynching "You recall the national outrage in the liberal media over this barbeque of ethnic insults, right? Like, say, when the white comedian Michael Richards delivered a racial rant against blacks and then apologized, as here?"

'White Hispanic' and other media creations on race 

"Why was Zimmerman being labeled a "White Hispanic?"  From day one, the mainstream media had rabid desire to attach "White" to his heritage, as if being "White" triggered the instinct to kill a black teen-and we wouldn't want to suggest that any ethnic group is predisposed to particular behaviors, now would we?"

More lies from the main stream media about the Zimmerman case  "The claim that Zimmerman was at fault because he pursued Martin after being told not to has absolutely no basis in fact. It is a made up assumption that has been repeated so many times by the media that people actually believe that is what happened."