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1 November, 21:21

Who first applied the term muckraker to journalism?

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  1. 1 November, 21:28
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    Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt, president of the United States from 1901-1908, nicknamed these investigative journalists muckrakers. He borrowed the term from John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, in which a rake was used to dig up filth and muck.
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