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muckrake 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking"
  2. (muckraking) the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures)
  3. (Muckraking) 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. ...
  4. (The Muckrakers (band)) The Muckrakers were a rock band from Louisville, Kentucky that formed in 1997.
  5. (Muckrakers) American journalists and novelists (1900-1912) whose spotlight on corruption in business and government led to social reform.
  6. ("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. ...
  7. (Muckrakers) A term coined by Theodore Roosevelt to recount newspaper reporters who wrote scandalous stories for monetary reward. Investigated journalism started in the 1870’s and was dominant in the first decade of the 20th century in the US. ...
  8. (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.
  9. (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.
  10. (Muckrakers) early twentieth-century American journalist who tried to improve society by exposing political corruption, health hazards, and other social problems. ...
  11. (Muckrakers) journalists who exposed corruption and social problems. Upton Sinclair (The Jungle) and Jacob Riis (How the Other Half Lives) were two of the best-known muckrakers. (page 194)
  12. (muckrakers) a rake or pitchfork used to clean manure and hay out of stables. TR called such writers as Upton Sinclair this term, and TR took the term from John Bunyan's 1678 book Pilgrim's Progress
  13. (muckrakers) reporters and writers in the late 1800s and early 1900s who exposed problems in American society like child labor, sweatshops, corruption in politics, and dangerous food. ...
  14. Muckrakers were progressive investigative journalists who exposed the seamy side of American life at the turn of the twentieth century. They were named by President Roosevelt who disapproved of their "raking in the muck."
  15. (Muckraking) investigating and exposing societal ills such as corruption in politics or abuses in business