The pinnacle of Hearst's yellow journalism was the headline, "Destruction of the War Ship Maine Was the Work of an Enemy!" referring to a sunk warship off the coast of Cuba.

“The peak of yellow journalism, in terms of both intensity and influence, came in early 1898, when a U.S. battleship, the Maine, sunk in Havana harbor. ...

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador used the term yellow journalism on Wednesday to describe a report in a leading newspaper asserting that murders rose 65. En Español. California.