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muckraker::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mudslinger |
| Type of | depreciator, knocker, detractor, disparager |
| Derivation | muckrake |
Examples of muckraker
muckraker
Still, on balance, Pearson has dug out more ugly facts than any rival muckraker.
From the time.com
He has described the author as an unemployed muckraker, trying to make a quick buck.
From the fresnobee.com
Does Daniel Craig have too much star power for middle-aged muckraker Mikael Blomkvist?
From the sacbee.com
Quincy was a muckraker, like Upton Sinclair, who wrote about injustices.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Otherwise you're just a tabloid muckraker with no integrity whatsoever.
From the nation.time.com
Junge Welt, once a loyal youth tabloid, turned muckraker overnight.
From the time.com
Texas madam Miss Mona and her sheriff boyfriend try to save her Chicken Ranch from a TV muckraker.
From the post-gazette.com
Known as a muckraker, Fremont Older fought San Francisco's crooked political machine after the 1906 quake.
From the sfgate.com
The folksy muckraker singles out those who profit from the misery and job insecurity of American workers.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- One who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)
- (muckraking) the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures)
- A muckraker is, primarily, a reporter or writer who investigates and publishes truthful reports involving a host of social issues, broadly including crime and corruption and often involving elected officials, political leaders and influential members of business and industry. ...
- (The Muckrakers (band)) The Muckrakers were a rock band from Louisville, Kentucky that formed in 1997.
- (Muckrakers) American journalists and novelists (1900-1912) whose spotlight on corruption in business and government led to social reform.
- ("Muckrakers") Those American writers who early in the 20th century wrote both fiction and nonfiction to expose corruption in business and politics were called the muckrakers. Muckraker was a term first used by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. ...
- (Muckrakers) An early twentieth-century group of American writers. Typically, their works exposed the wrongdoings of big business and government in the United States. Upton Sinclair's The Jungle exemplifies the muckraking novel.
- (Muckrakers) Investigative journalists during the Pro gressive Era, they wrote sensational exposes of so cial and political problems that helped spark the re form movements of their day.
- (Muckrakers) early twentieth-century American journalist who tried to improve society by exposing political corruption, health hazards, and other social problems. ...
