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Definition of muckrakers:

(n) : (US) One who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that often violate widely held values; e.g. one who exposes political corruption or the poor conditions in prisons.
(n) : (US, historical) One of a group of American investigative reporters, novelists and critics of the Progressive Era (the 1890s to the 1920s).
(n) : (British, derogatory) A sensationalist, scandalmongering journalist, one who is not driven by any social principles.

Definition of muckrakers:

(n) : (US) One who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that often violate widely held values; e.g. one who exposes political corruption or the poor conditions in prisons.
(n) : (US, historical) One of a group of American investigative reporters, novelists and critics of the Progressive Era (the 1890s to the 1920s).
(n) : (British, derogatory) A sensationalist, scandalmongering journalist, one who is not driven by any social principles.

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