muckraking is sometimes looked down upon but it often uncovers important information that can help prevent dishonesty in the government. From LearnThat.org.
"Leveen, which is an independent Kurdish magazine founded 6 years ago in Sulaimani, is known as a muckraking journal in Kurdistan and Iraq.". From Wordnik.com. [Trina's Kitchen] Reference
BTW, "muckraking" continues to be honest work, more exhilarating than tiring. From Wordnik.com. [A Time-line Of Obama's Statements On FISA] Reference
I wouldn't the call the piece in question from the Columbia school of journalism "muckraking". From Wordnik.com. [Attacking the Messenger? WWG At It Again] Reference
After Roosevelt coined the term "muckraking," it stuck to Tarbell, even if he had not been aiming at her. From Wordnik.com. ['Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller'] Reference
Today he is best known -- in many cases, only known -- as the "muckraking" author of the novel The Jungle. From Wordnik.com. [Greg Mitchell: When A Famous Author Ran for Office -- And Politics Changed Forever] Reference
Unless you were talking about the Castro piece on the Mayor -- that is total "muckraking" there is no truth to any of it. From Wordnik.com. [Attacking the Messenger? WWG At It Again] Reference
There was a period of "muckraking" in which leaders financial and political were severely critcised. From Wordnik.com. [History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)] Reference
Well, "muckraking" isn't perhaps the best word for it, for Taibbi doesn't so much rake the muck as fling it. From Wordnik.com. [Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com] Reference
Cather edited McClure's magazine, the nation's leading "muckraking" journal and a focus of "progressive" politics. From Wordnik.com. [Mises Institute Daily Articles (Full-text version)] Reference
The time had come, he added, to stop "muckraking" and proceed to the constructive work of removing the abuses that had grown up. From Wordnik.com. [History of the United States] Reference
Oh please, our networks thrive on that kind of muckraking because these are exactly the stuff that propels ratings up to the stratosphere. From Wordnik.com. [Out of my mind] Reference
It's called muckraking and it stinks. From Wordnik.com. [Perfumes of a different kind] Reference
In muckraking terms, 2007 was a very good year for Flynt. From Wordnik.com. [The Muckraker's Progress] Reference
When can all this wonderful citizen muckraking get started?. From Wordnik.com. [Stimulus Bill Oversight Crew Includes You, the Public] Reference
Some call him a muckraking hero looking out for the little guy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 30, 2007] Reference
Then came Vietnam and Watergate and a golden age for muckraking. From Wordnik.com. [The Myth of Objectivity] Reference
Now he runs a muckraking Web site that chronicles Canada's dubious deals. From Wordnik.com. [Buy This Stock, Eh?] Reference
It's not a "conspiracy" when real reporters ignore amateurish muckraking. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
KING: You talk about the pornography of suffering and the muckraking media. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 21, 2002] Reference
CNN's Ed Henry looks back at the historic life of the muckraking journalist. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2005] Reference
We need less muckraking from these silly journalists and more groveling for the divine ruler!. From Wordnik.com. [Penn: "I Am Sorry" For Meeting With Colombian Ambassador] Reference
He knew how to mix tabloid headlines, sensationalistic muckraking journalism, and dirty pictures. From Wordnik.com. [The X-Rated Emperor] Reference
William Anthony Kirsopp, Lake's grandfather, was a muckraking journalist; his father, a theologian. From Wordnik.com. [An Unlikely Tough Guy] Reference
"We need some great failures," the muckraking journalist Lincoln Steffens wrote in his autobiography. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Bacevich's "Washington Rules" and John Dower's "Cultures of War"] Reference
Krassner served his publishing apprenticeship under Lyle Stuart in his muckraking days; he also wrote for Mad. From Wordnik.com. [Over The Edge] Reference
I suspect most readers of this website are political junkies rather than connoisseurs of Enquirer-type muckraking. From Wordnik.com. [Edwards Camp: No, The Clintons Didn't Snub Us] Reference
Meanwhile, as for the rest of the oil, it didn't take long for muckraking reporters like Mac McClelland to find it. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Cesca: The BP Disaster Continues Despite the Cheerful Happy Talk] Reference
I find TPM a lot more interesting when it sticks to what it does best -- serious muckraking and insightful analysis. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Edwards Clarifies Comment On Hillary: "I Fully Expect To Support" Dem Nominee] Reference
Yes, I think it is no coincidence that the anti-Hillary muckraking from the Right has abated for the primary season. From Wordnik.com. [Huck In '92: U.S. Should Not Kill Saddam Hussein] Reference
He doesn't write his own stories but provides links to muckraking reporters whose work would otherwise be overlooked or silenced. From Wordnik.com. [Blogger Gorshkov Will Dish Dirt on Russian Politicians — for a Price] Reference
We should be watching the entire Congress - member by member in detail and daily like a horde of crusading muckraking journalists. From Wordnik.com. [Opinion Roundup: Who Gets Credit, Rahm Or Netroots?] Reference
His muckraking tendencies were unleashed on corrupt local figures — and sometimes on friends or members of the Hederman clan itself. From Wordnik.com. [Rea! Genius Loves Company] Reference
He believed that words can wound, that even in the harsh, muckraking world of politics, it simply isn't right to insult another person. From Wordnik.com. [A Shared Father] Reference
Anderson's "Washington Merry-Go-Round" column was a must-read for millions and his muckraking struck fear in the hearts of politicians. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2005] Reference
One of the most popular muckraking American journalists of the late twentieth century, I.F. Stone, once remarked: "All governments lie.". From Wordnik.com. [Lying About Nuclear Weapons] Reference
After the muckraking columnist died, the FBI touched off an uproar by trying to seize his private papers to look for classified documents. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2007] Reference
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