Politics and Yellow Journalism

 

Politics and Yellow Journalism

Yellow journalism has been around since the early 1900’s and in some situations even before then. If the Elite in the industries that control this country, railroad, manufacturing, technology, meatpacking, farming, and many others during the early 1900s didn’t get their way when lobbying those in higher office, they’d resort to yellow journalism. So what is yellow journalism?  Anyone new on the scene that wanted to run for political office were approached by members of various organizations as noted above, plus the Unions of those same industries and other organizations that were established to help their cause and if the candidate didn’t agree to the terms set forth before them by the lobbying representatives of said groups, the Unions or the elite would make sure that the newspapers would report negatively on their issues, and conduct personal character assassination attempts that would destroy them in the eyes of their potential constituents. Sound familiar? Well, it should because it happens even in today’s elections, in fact, it happens more often in other industries too. Propaganda wheel inflicted fear and unrest with their so-called sentimental stories which ultimately were taken as fact, but were actually lack in true facts. We know it today as entertainment news about a person, like the rags of the Enquirer, or Daily Mail, The Gazette, The Sun, the Star, National Inquiry, and many more. Unfortunately, even though these rags have been sued for libel, no one has won a case against them for the dirty lies they would talk about individuals who were targets of such propaganda.

The elitists and special interest groups of today supply the money to buy ads on television and newspapers attacking a candidate who has the right ideas to help America grow and safeguard the future. If a candidate doesn’t do what they want, they attack them from ever angle until they are dead in the water of politics. Instead of attacking those who have been in office for 20, 30 or 40 years for their destruction of this country and its principles, they go after what I call the guppies who are treading water in the fishbowl of politics – Washington DC. The same goes for the state house positions of importance.

Mainstream media today has turned into nothing but Yellow Journalism that makes those of us who used to work within their walls want to barf because it is no longer journalism telling the truth about the lies and falsehoods happening within politics or corporate America; it’s instead talking lies and mistruths that no one can see or read between the lines anymore to find the real story behind their words.

 

Author Elizabeth Kilbride is a former political operative, author, scriptwriter, historian, journalist. business professional, and creative artist, and life coach consultant. Ms. Kilbride holds a Masters in Criminology and a BS in Business Management who stepped out of the loop for a while, but who is now back with a powerful opinion and voice in the direction of this country and our economy. As a life coach, she is available to counsel individuals to enjoy their dreams and a better life. Ms. Kilbride loves to travel, photograph her surroundings and is also a gourmet cook who loves to garden and preserve food for the winter months.