muckraker

[ muhk-reyk-er ]

/ ˈmʌkˌreɪk ər /

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noun

a person who searches for and tries to expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or other wrongdoing, especially in politics:The original muckrakers were the journalists who exposed child labor, sweatshops, poor living and working conditions, and government inefficiency in the early 20th century.

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Origin of muckraker

muckrake + -er¹

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mucking, muckland, muckle, muckluck, muckrake, muckraker, muckrakers, mucksweat, muck-up, muck-up day, muckworm

How to use muckraker in a sentence

Unlike Mitford, Doughty did not approach the business as a professional muckraker.
How to Be Better at Death (Ep. 450)|Maria Konnikova|February 4, 2021|Freakonomics
Sinclair was a self-avowed socialist and a muckraker whose journalism was partly responsible for exposing Hearst’s brand of “yellow journalism” — a kind of “fake news” — and showing how it pushed the limits of the American ideal of the “free press.”
The tangled history behind David Fincher’s Mank — and its link to Citizen Kane — explained|Alissa Wilkinson|December 4, 2020|Vox
Honestly, most of the posts and tweets that matter trace their way back to an ink-stained finger on some muckraker somewhere.
A U.S. Thanksgiving—Family Style: Fractious but Friendly|Joshua DuBois|November 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Muckraker Roberto Saviano summed it up perfectly last week when he spoke at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia.
My Ordeal Reporting Sexism Truth|Barbie Latza Nadeau|April 18, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Instead, the muckraker only seemed to grow bolder and more dangerous with his every revelation.
Nixon White House Plotted to Kill Columnist|Mark Feldstein|September 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It was a relief not to be accepted only as Everett the Muckraker, as a professional reformer, as one holier than others.
Once Upon A Time|Richard Harding Davis
For three years on that most sensational of the New York dailies he had been the star man, the chief muckraker, the chief sleuth.
Once Upon A Time|Richard Harding Davis
She discoursed long and accurately on the personal New York affairs of the returned muckraker.
The Native Son|Inez Haynes Irwin
A loyal Adopted Son of California, a novelist and muckraker, returned a few years ago to the beloved land of his adoption.
The Native Son|Inez Haynes Irwin
What a drop for Joe, from what he had been, to this wretched violent little sheet, this muckraker of the ocean world.
The Harbor|Ernest Poole

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