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Who first applied the term muckraker to journalism?

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Any Progressive Era journalist who investigated and highlighted social and economic inequalities was referred to as a muckraker. The term was coined by Theodore Roosevelt in his April 14, 1906, address in Washington, D.C., titled "The Man With the Muck-Rake."
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