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Why are sensational newspapers called tabloids?

The term "yellow press" originated in the United States at the end of the 19th century. By this time, two newspapers, the New York World and the New York Journal, had gained great popularity, which relied not on ordinary news coverage, but on presenting sensations to readers and emotional presentation of the material. In 1895, the New York World began publishing comic strips by Richard Autkalt, full of satire and scathing political commentary, featuring a boy in a yellow shirt as the protagonist. A year later, Autkalt was lured to the New York Journal, and now both newspapers began to publish similar comics. That is why journalists of more serious publications called such newspapers yellow.

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