muckraker
One who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that often violate widely held…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.
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Значение
значений: 3(США)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.
Muckraker, investigativer Journalist
(США, историческое)One of a group of American investigative reporters, novelists and critics of the Progressive Era (the 1890s to the 1920s).
(Британия, пренебрежительное)A sensationalist, scandalmongering journalist, one who is not driven by any social principles.
- one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)
Примеры
предложений: 1Who is this muckraker?
Переводы
языков: 2По значениям 1
Происхождение
From muck + raker. Believed to have been coined following a 1906 speech by United States PFrom muck + raker. Believed to have been coined following a 1906 speech by United States President Theodore Roosevelt, in which he likened the investigative journalist to ‘the Man with the Muck-rake’, a character in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.
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Формы
мн. число: muckrakersСинонимы
синонимов: 2- one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage):mudslinger