Who first applied the term muckraker to journalism?

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Paula Hayden

15 August, 20:20

Who first applied the term muckraker to journalism?

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Sarai · Answer 1

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.