muckraking n : the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures)

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A muckraker is, primarily, a reporter or writer who investigates and publishes truthful reports involving a host of social issues, broadly including crime and corruption and often involving elected officials, political leaders and influential members of business and industry. The term is closely associated with a number of important writers who emerged in the 1890s through the 1930s, a period roughly concurrent with the Progressive Era in the United States.

These writers focused on a wide range of issues including the monopoly of Standard Oil; cattle processing and meat packing; patent medicines; child labor; and wages, labor, and working conditions in industry and agriculture. In a number of instances, the revelations of muckraking journalists led to public outcry, governmental and legal investigations, and, in some cases, legislation was enacted to address the issues the writers' identified, such as harmful social conditions; pollution; food and product safety standards; sexual harassment; unfair labor practices; fraud; and other matters. The work of the muckrakers in the early years, and those today, span a wide array of legal, social, ethical and public policy concerns.

• Muckraking the Muckraker: Tenthani got it wrong on Chakwera’s bid to lead Malawi Congress Party
  “Am I the only one who feels underwhelmed by the coming on the scene the Reverend Lazarus Chakwera as one of the wannabes for the top post in the oldest party in the land.” In his column column of Sunday April 21, 2015 the Muckraker responded to the rhetorical question above in a manner that [...] Read more on this news related to 'Muckraking'
• Muckraking? No m'lord. Dismissing this affair with such Olympian disdain just won't wash
  STEPHEN GLOVER: Lord Justice Leveson has loftily dismissed any suggestion that his inquiry into Press Standards may have been undermined by revelations of an affair between two leading lawyers- Carine Patry Hoskins and David Sherborne. Read more on this news related to 'Muckraking'
• Mexican journalists march against attacks on press
  Officials in Veracruz state say they know who killed Regina Martinez. The muckraking reporter, found beaten and suffocated in her house, was just the victim of a robbery, according to prosecutors and a ... Read more on this news related to 'Muckraking'