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What was a muckraker

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A muckraker is a person who intentionally seeks out and publishes the misdeeds, such as criminal acts or corruption, of a public individual for profit or gain. Muckraker is often applied specifically to journalists.

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The term muckraker was used to refer to american journalists that -during the 20th century - they dedicated themselves to denouncing publicly the political corruption, the labor exploitation and a series of abuses, immoralities and dirty rags of personages and institutions of the time.

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