The use of "yellow journalism" as a synonym for over-the-top sensationalism in the U.S. apparently started with more serious newspapers commenting on the excesses of "the Yellow Kid papers."
Upotreba termina "žute štampe" kao sinonim za preterani senzacionalizam u Sjedinjenim Državama je naizgled počela sa komentarima ozbiljnijih novina o višku "novina o žutom dečaku".