Who first applied the term muckraker to journalism? john bunyan ida tarbell upton sinclair president theodore roosevelt

The term "muckraker", applied to journalism, was first used by President Theodore Roosevelt.

Muckraker is the name given to journalists who, at the beginning of the 20th century, dedicated themselves to publicly denouncing political corruption, labor exploitation and a series of abuses, immoralities and dirty rags of people and institutions of the time.

the idealization of the rural landscape ; admiration for the beauty of nature ; focus on an individual's inner concerns

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