A muckraker was a reporter who did which of the following?

A. Dealt with sports news
B. Investigated political and corporate corruption
C. Covered judicial cases heard by the supreme court
D. Wrote about military matters

Respuesta :

B. investigated political and corporate corruption

A muckraker was a reporter who did investigated political and corporate corruption.

  • Muckrakers were writers during the Progressive era who tried to reveal the exploitation that existed in society.
  • Corruption rises because of urbanization, private industries and migration.
  • Some of the writers included Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair.
  • Upton Sinclair tried to expose the meat industries in Chicago.
  • Ida Tarbell exposed John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company.
  • Tarbell and Sinclair style of work is considered to represent muckraking journalism.  

Therefore we can conclude that the muckraker was a reporter who exposes the corruption in corporate or companies in America.

Thus option B. is the correct answer.

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