Pros And Cons Of Muckraking

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To muckrack means to “search out and publicly exposes real or apparent misconduct of a prominent individual or business”. Therefore, muckraking is a hard-hitting job that takes integrity and honor to accomplish. To be a muckraker would be a commendation to any prominent individual or business.
Muckraking is a demanding job that requires guts and imperative values from risk takers due to the menace that large corporations can be. Muckraking originated in the Progressive Era, which caused many reformations to be made so, naturally, it was a job for muckrakers to do. Muckrakers unfolded the truth about many corrupt politicians and rich business owners in order to improve the life of the people who were dealt with unfairly. For example, journalist

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