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  2. Headline - Wikipedia

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    Headline. The headline is the text indicating the content or nature of the article below it, typically by providing a form of brief summary of its contents. The large type front page headline did not come into use until the late 19th century when increased competition between newspapers led to the use of attention-getting headlines.

  3. Fake news websites in the United States - Wikipedia

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    MediaFetcher.com is a fake news website generator. It has various templates for creating false articles about celebrities of a user's choice. Often users miss the disclaimer at the bottom of the page, before re-sharing. The website has prompted many readers to speculate about the deaths of various celebrities.

  4. News style - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. News style, journalistic style, or news-writing style is the prose style used for news reporting in media, such as newspapers, radio and television . News writing attempts to answer all the basic questions about any particular event—who, what, when, where, and why (the Five Ws) and also often how—at the opening of the article.

  5. List of satirical news websites - Wikipedia

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    Definition. The best-known example is The Onion, the online version of which started in 1996. These sites are not to be confused with fake news websites, which deliberately publish hoaxes in an attempt to profit from gullible readers.

  6. Betteridge's law of headlines - Wikipedia

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    Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no ." It is named after Ian Betteridge, a British technology journalist who wrote about it in 2009, although the principle is much older. [1] [2] It is based on the assumption that if the publishers were confident that ...

  7. List of newspapers in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Star-Gazette (1828, founded as Elmira Gazette, the first newspaper of the now massive Gannett conglomerate) The Providence Journal (1829) The Post-Standard (1829) The Philadelphia Inquirer (1829, founded as The Pennsylvania Inquirer) The Stamford Advocate (1829, founded as The Stamford Intelligencer)

  8. Byline - Wikipedia

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    Byline. The byline (or by-line in British English) on a newspaper or magazine article gives the name of the writer of the article. Bylines are commonly placed between the headline and the text of the article, although some magazines (notably Reader's Digest) place bylines at the bottom of the page to leave more room for graphical elements ...

  9. Yellow journalism - Wikipedia

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    In journalism, yellow journalism and the yellow press are American newspapers that use eye-catching headlines and sensationalized exaggerations for increased sales. The English term is chiefly used in the US. In the United Kingdom, a similar term is tabloid journalism. Other languages, e.g. Russian ( Жёлтая пресса zhyoltaya pressa ...