Responses (2) Okay, the Aspirin/Butalbital/Caffeine/ also known as Firoricet shouldn't show up in a drug screening, the Codeine will and it will be detectable for 2-4 days by a urinalysis, 12 hrs for a blood test, 1-4 days in a Saliva test, and pp to 90 Days in a hair test. Votes: +0.
Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt, president of the United States from 1901-1908, nicknamed these investigative journalists muckrakers. He borrowed the term from John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, in which a rake was used to dig up filth and muck. The term caught on, and many journalists were proud to be considered muckrakers.
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: The muckrackers were people who wanted to expose all the scandalous/dirty things that were going on behind-the-scenes with big business. They were given this name by Theodore Roosevelt. Through their revealing news stories, which were published in magazines like Cosmopolitan and McClure's. The muckrackers helped to reform things.