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| A portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt. source: Wikimedia Commons |
The term muckraker was captured by President Theodore Roosevelt, in his
1906 speech titled, The
Man with the Muck Rake, where he stated:
"Muck Rake, the man who could look no way by downward, with the muck rake in his hand; who was offered a celestial crown for his muck rake, but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered, but continued to rake to himself the filth of the floor, (Public Broadcasting Service, "The Man with the Muck Rake)."
