Yellow journalism, the use of lurid features and sensationalized news in newspaper publishing to attract readers and increase circulation. The phrase was coined in the 1890s to describe the tactics employed in the furious competition between two New York City newspapers, the World and the Journal
Many websites, especially hard leaning political websites, make use of yellow journalism on a daily basis manipulating their audience by telling white lies and mixing truth in with various falsehoods. ... In an election cycle, this yellow journalism becomes even more dangerous as it lowers itself into slanderous articles