MUCKRAKER

muckraker, mudslinger

(noun) one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

muckraker (plural muckrakers)

(US) 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.

(British) A sensationalist, scandalmongering journalist, one who is not driven by any social principles.

(US, historical) One of a group of American investigative reporters, novelists and critics of the Progressive Era (the 1890s to the 1920s)

Source: Wiktionary

Muck"rake`, v. i. [imp. & p. p. -raked; p. pr. & vb. n. -raking.]

Definition: To seek for, expose, or charge, esp. habitually, corruption, real or alleged, on the part of public men and corporations. On April 14, 1906, President Roosevelt delivered a speech on "The Man with the Muck Rake," in which he deprecated sweeping and unjust charges of corruption against public men and corporations. The phrase was taken up by the press, and the verb to muck"rake`, in the above sense, and the noun muck"rak`er, to designate one so engaged, were speedily coined and obtained wide currency. The original allusion was to a character in Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" so intent on raking up muck that he could not see a celestial crown held above him.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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