muckrakers

Cultural

Authors who specialize in exposing corruption in business, government, and elsewhere, especially those who were active at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Some famous muckrakers were Ida M. Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, and Upton Sinclair. President Theodore Roosevelt is credited with giving them their name.

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Mrs. Boebert released a letter from her attorney to the American Muckrakers PAC and issued a statement denying the “blatantly false and disgusting accusations” posted Tuesday on the group’s “Fire Boebert” website.

From Washington Times • Jun. 15, 2022

American Muckrakers PAC, a group that recently helped spread embarrassing photos and videos of Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., before his primary defeat, filed a complaint to Weiser earlier this month.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2022

She voted for Wendy Nevarez, who earned the endorsement from American Muckrakers.

From Washington Post • May 18, 2022

The American Muckrakers PAC, dedicated to opposing Cawthorn, released the video this week on the website FireMadison.com.

From Reuters • May 5, 2022

Muckrakers, prying into the storied past, have destroyed one after another many of the pet characters in history.

From Europe Revised by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

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