muckraker - muckraker is an American English term for one who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that violate widely held values, such as political corruption, corporate crime, child labor, conditions in slums and prisons, unsanitary conditions in food processing plants (such as meat), fraudulent claims by manufacturers of patent medicines, labor racketeering, and similar topics. In British English however the term is applied to sensationalist scandal-mongering journalist, not driven by any social principles.
The term muckraker is most usually associated in America with a group of American investigative reporters, novelists and critics in the Progressive Era from the 1890s to the 1920s.
2007-03-22 15:27:15
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answered by rooster1981 4
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Muckraker, actually. Justl like it sounds--someone who rakes through the muck (for a story).
2007-03-22 15:28:18
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answered by Anonymous
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Do you mean "muckraker", someone who investigates and exposes issues of corruption ie) political corruption, child labour,conditions in slums or prisons etc.
2007-03-22 15:32:39
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answered by paisley bound 1
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(spelled) Muckraker ~~~ My mom always said, "look it up in the dictionary so you get in the habit of learning how to find answers to your own questions whenever possible".
2007-03-22 15:31:01
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answered by scottyusa1 4
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muck·rake (mkrk)
intr.v. muck·raked, muck·rak·ing, muck·rakes
To search for and expose misconduct in public life
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/muckraker
2007-03-22 15:31:58
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answered by Anonymous
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here u go i sent the link
2007-03-22 15:28:15
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answered by raindovewmn41 6
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its not an english word
2007-03-22 15:28:41
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answered by alex r 1
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