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muckrakerAny 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). Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Instead, the gossip turned cynical as muckrakers dismissed the marriage as a sham and little more than conservative window dressing to help secure a spot on the 2008 Republican presidential ticket. In August, the Reporter launched the Chicago Muckrakers blog on ChicagoNow, the Chicago Tribune Media Group's Web site featuring dozens of local blogs on a variety of topics. Although she spent considerable time there and maintained a relationship with muckraker journalist Lincoln Steffens, she began dividing more and more of her time between the East Coast and Santa Fe -- drawn again to the Western interests that permeate many of her writings. |
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