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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.
Muckrakers were investigative reporters and writers during the Progressive Era (1890-1920) who wrote about corruption and injustices in order to make changes in society. The term was actually coined by the progressive president Theodore Roosevelt in his 1906 speech The Man With the Muck Rake referring to a passage in John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.