Word Origins As Comics: What Makes the News Easy to Swallow

The story behind tabloid journalism; what it's all about and what makes it so palatable. A brief history of yellow journalism through a study of word origins and its beginnings.
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The story behind tabloid journalism; what it's all about and what makes it so palatable. A brief history of yellow journalism through a study of word origins and its beginnings.

Tired of a pedantic approach to word origins? Try our approach for size-- a little bit of etymology, history and comics. all mixed together. We aim to both educate and entertain, from a series of fifteen books of educational comics by Larry Paros.

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