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Dictionary entry overview: What does muckraker mean? â¢ MUCKRAKER (noun) The noun MUCKRAKER has 1 sense: 1. one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage) Familiarity information: MUCKRAKER used as a noun is very rare.
Some of the most famous of the early muckrakers are Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, and Ray Stannard Baker. The rise of muckraking in the late 19th and early 20th centuries corresponded with the advent of Progressivism yet, while temporally correlated, the two are not intrinsically linked.