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What factors led to the development of the penny press? to yellow journalism?

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When production transformed from hand-crafted to steam-powered printing. This move made it possible to produce mass amounts of inexpensive newspapers. When it became so easy to produce and print a newspaper, standards were lowered and yellow journalism was born.
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