It’s been a bit longer than that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism
It probably goes back as long as they have been shouting news in the town square in Rome or before that even.
Word around the campfire is, telling stories and exaggerating them to get people attention, is as old as humanity.
But good journalism is still something else.
True enough!
Word around the campfire is, telling stories and exaggerating them to get people attention, is as old as humanity.
But good journalism is still something else.