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Muckraker
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Muckraker
A term for a journalist or other person who exposes corruption, especially in business or politics. The term has had both positive and negative connotations throughout its history. In the positive sense, muckrakers are thought to champion truth by exposing corruption. In the negative sense, the term connotes a person who is willing to compromise truth for a good story. That is, some muckrakers may exaggerate or in some cases simply make up their allegations.


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Instead, the gossip turned cynical as muckrakers dismissed the marriage as a sham and little more than conservative window dressing to help secure a spot on the 2008 Republican presidential ticket.
In August, the Reporter launched the Chicago Muckrakers blog on ChicagoNow, the Chicago Tribune Media Group's Web site featuring dozens of local blogs on a variety of topics.
00 Paperback PN4871 The muckrakers (yet another term coined by Teddy Roosevelt) came into power largely as a response to the yellow journalism of the era directly preceding.
 
 
 
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