MUCKRAKE - Thursday, February 09, 2017

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Definitions for muckrake

1. to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.

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Citations for muckrake

There will continue to be room, of course, for some kinds of traditional, thoroughly sourced reporting: exclusives, certainly. Investigations, certainly. that's something extra. Yahoo isn't in a position to muckrake.Mitchell Stephens, "Beyond the News," Columbia Journalism Review, January/February 2007

Some magazines live to muckrake, some to deliver readers to advertisers., "From the Spy Mailroom," Spy, August 1990

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