Late 19th-Century Texas Sensationalism: Hypocrisy or Biblical Morality?

The article discusses the hypocrisy and biblical morality of sensationalism in mass media reporting during the late-19th century in Texas. It states that a systematic examination of Texas newspapers from 1880-1900 indicates an apparent contradiction between what the editors proclaimed and what they printed in their newspapers. It affirms that many Texas newspapers were doing exactly what their editors were criticizing northern big city newspapers for doing. It stresses that there was nothing wrong with sensationalism in and of itself, and that the difference between Biblical sensationalism and yellow journalism is contextualization.