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I'm American and I've only heard a muckraker described as number 2.
by hoorayimhelping 10y ago
I'm American and I've only heard a muckraker described as number 2.
- smt88 10y agoProPublica, one of my favorite investigative news sources, describes some of their articles as "muckreads". They use the word proudly, with the implication that they've gone to lengths that the general public would/could not to find out important information. As someone said, it was a pejorative term that was reclaimed, and that makes a lot of sense to me now.
- johnpowell 10y agoTalking Points Memo does the same. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker
- omonra 10y agoIt was part of the American History 11th grade course I took in HS in the early 90s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muckraker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muckraker