Muckraking? When we hear that phrase it sounds similar to a sanitation job but it much like municipal corruption that was exposed by journalists using cartoons and writing, Muckraking is a word used for Investigative journalism. The word muckraker was coined by President Theodore Roosevelt during the second half of the nineteenth century. In Chapter six of “Mightier Than A Sword” by Roger Streitmatter, I read a few interesting chapters that correlate to one another as far as attacking the “Municipal Corruption” and “Muckraking: The golden age of reform”. Both of these chapters reveal political corruption and inequality which explores how bold journalists exposed the guilty politicians and businessmen. The heroic drama of how news media has formed American history .Today I wouldn’t say all journalists “rack the muck” because of mainstream media is fixed with false information but media has taken a new form not only by using social media such as Blogger and Face book but using physical strength and unifying voices to occupy the inequality that people have been suffering. The protests today are a form of muckraking , not only did it take a stand on the silence of corruption of Wall Street and the “1%” it broke the silence throughout the world.
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