muckraker

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One of a group of American investigative reporters, novelists and critics of the Progressive Era (the 1890s to the 1920s)
One who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that often violate widely held values; e.g. one who exposes political corruption or the poor conditions in prisons
A sensationalist, scandal-mongering journalist, one who is not driven by any social principles
The original allusion was to a character in Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" so intent on raking up muck that he could not see a celestial crown held above him
so intent on raking up muck that he could not see a celestial crown held above him
in which he deprecated sweeping and unjust charges of corruption against public men and corporations
One who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that often violate widely held values; eg one who exposes political corruption or the poor conditions in prisons
The phrase was taken up by the press, and the verb to muck"rake`, in the above sense, and the noun muck"rak`er (&?;), to designate one so engaged, were speedily coined and obtained wide currency
habitually, corruption, real or alleged, on the part of public men and corporations
To seek for, expose, or charge, esp
{i} one who reveals corruption, exposer of scandal
one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)
The original allusion was to a character in Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress"
On April 14, 1906, President Roosevelt delivered a speech on "The Man with the Muck Rake,"
On April 14, 1906, President Roosevelt delivered a speech on "The Man with the Muck Rake," in which he deprecated sweeping and unjust charges of corruption against public men and corporations
Any of a group of U.S. writers identified with pre-World War I reform and exposé literature. The term, first used derisively, originated in an allusion Theodore Roosevelt made in 1906 to a passage in John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress about a man with a muckrake who "could look no way but downward." Later it took on favourable connotations of social concern and exposure of corruption and injustice. The movement emerged from the yellow journalism of the 1890s and from popular magazines, such as a 1903 issue of McClure's Magazine with articles by Lincoln Steffens, Ray Stannard Baker (1870-1946), and Ida Tarbell on municipal government, labour, and trusts. The best-known muckraking novel is Upton Sinclair's The Jungle (1906)
muckrake
On April 14, 1906, President Roosevelt delivered a speech on "The Man with the Muck Rake,"
muckrake
To seek for, expose, or charge, esp
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to search for and expose corruption or scandal especially as done by a journalist
muckrake
The phrase was taken up by the press, and the verb to muck"rake`, in the above sense, and the noun muck"rak`er (&?;), to designate one so engaged, were speedily coined and obtained wide currency
muckrake
explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking"
muckrake
On April 14, 1906, President Roosevelt delivered a speech on "The Man with the Muck Rake," in which he deprecated sweeping and unjust charges of corruption against public men and corporations
muckrake
The original allusion was to a character in Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress"
muckrake
{f} reveal corruption, expose scandal
muckrake
habitually, corruption, real or alleged, on the part of public men and corporations
muckrake
The original allusion was to a character in Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" so intent on raking up muck that he could not see a celestial crown held above him
muckrake
so intent on raking up muck that he could not see a celestial crown held above him
muckrake
in which he deprecated sweeping and unjust charges of corruption against public men and corporations
muckrake
explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking
muckraker

    Silbentrennung

    muck·ra·ker

    Türkische aussprache

    mʌkreykır

    Aussprache

    /ˈməkˌrākər/ /ˈmʌkˌreɪkɜr/

    Etymologie

    [ 'm&k-"rAk ] (intransitive verb.) 1910. Believed to have been coined following a 1906 speech by United States President Theodore Roosevelt, in which he likened the investigative journalist to ‘the Man with the Muck-rake’, a character in John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.
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