https://padlet.com/358453/v2ftj991l8rhfanb What is a Muckracker en-us 2021-06-02 16:24:17 UTC 2025-10-25 18:43:39 UTC hello@padlet.com 358453 https://padlet.com/358453/v2ftj991l8rhfanb/wish/1580045577 A muckraker is soliacist influencer using papers during the Progressive Era to help the government to find corrupt leaders, and corrupt establishments through the years of 1890s to 1920s. Muckraking magazines had huge audiences throughout the progressive years, and one of the most known name of these magazines was Mcclure's. These people are also known today as investigative journalist helping people around the world and stopping many problems from 1890s til today. Back then they would have "opened the eyes" of the public to show them that prostitution and child labors were still being used to gain more business and major profit to the private industry using these absurd occupations. Muckraking is a very important job still to this day to help the people being scammed by lying people who only want money or everything you have.
 UPTON SINCLAIR. Is a great example of the 20th century muckraker identifying the PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACT and the MEAT INSPECTION ACT. With the help from the government these acted was instated due to meat plants were covering up chunks of meat combined together and using chemicals to hide the rot of the smell, taste, and look and passing it off as cheese, just to make an extra buck. He was using socialism in a political manner to give the government a heads up on a huge scandal and human harm.]]> 2021-06-02 16:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/358453/v2ftj991l8rhfanb/wish/1580045577