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One of the reasons that many Americans were supportive of the Spanish-American War is that they had been exposed to pro-war sentiments in newspapers that often exaggerated the severity of the situation that existed in Cuba. William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were two newspaper owners who tried to increase the circulation of their newspapers by publishing sensational stories. Which term best describes this type of journalism?

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yellow journalism- a type of journalism based on sensationalism and crude exaggeration
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