yellow journalism

PANIC TIME FOR HEAT

this was the headline for a miami newspaper 3 days ago after the miami heat got off to a 5-4 start in the NBA. this is a form of yellow journalism because yellow journalism basically means making an issue bigger than it really is. this relates to the miami heat story because in the offseason lebron james the worlds best basketball player left clevland to

take his talents to south beach

and so did another allstar chris bosh. so the media went crazy around this story and were giving this team so much hype and everyone saying there going to win the championship. but in reality this team has only been together for a few months before the opening game and the supporting cast around wade,bosh,james are really nobody. so the media named this work in progress team a championship team before they played one game. then 9 games into the season theyre 5-4 wich is not a bad record at all they have one of the best records in the eastern conference and the media is saying its already panic time!?
yellow journalism happens all the time in sports though to name a couple other instances-- the tiger woods incedent, barry bonds steroids,- most instances where yellow journalism is used its based around a controvery-something bad over something really good because people think thats a little more interesting like in the news they say

if it bleads it leads

as in a guy kills another guy is alot bigger of a story than a women wins $50436587357895 in the lottery