muckrake
Example Sentences
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He made a fortune on PayPal and Facebook, sued the satirical muckraking publication Gawker into its grave and has spent the last several years funding or building a nearly invisible media empire.
From Salon
"The smear campaign and muckraking against me is one thing, but questions about my son have crossed the line, and I will not tolerate it," he added.
From Salon
The paper’s muckraking risks running afoul of the government.
From New York Times
He grew a beard and tried to turn a base newspaper, which he edited, into a muckraking journal.
From Washington Post
“The fact that there were these prosecutors onto them … I thought, well, this could be an exciting piece of muckraking, but there’s kind of a thriller here, too.”
From Washington Post
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