muckraker
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Greenwald is an itinerant, old-school muckraker, working with small crews, sometimes only himself, to tell stories of oppression and threats to democracy from those who often are not heard.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024
I suspect future culture historians will view "Soylent Green" in the same manner that they today regard the 1906 novel "The Jungle" by progressive muckraker Upton Sinclair.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2023
Ida Tarbell, a pioneering muckraker turned Lincoln biographer, believed they were real.
From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2023
Now, Mr. Diller’s 14-year run as owner of the internet muckraker may be coming to an end.
From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2023
By age twelve, I was a devotee of the political columnist Mary McGrory and the muckraker Jack Anderson.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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