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MUCKRAKING:
the journalism
that changed
America
PROGRESSIVE ERA
MUCKRAKING
• Journalists who wrote about the
corrupt side of business and
politics
• Usually published in magazines,
sometimes wrote complete books
• Known today as “investigative
journalism”
Ida M. Tarbell,
1904
• Originally published
in segments in
McClure’s magazine
• Detailed and
documented,
interviews, public
records about
business tactics
used by Rockefeller
Lincoln Steffens, 1904
• Also originally
published in
McClure’s
• Exposed political
machines, political
bosses, police
corruption, graft
Upton Sinclair,
1906
• 7 weeks undercover
• UNSANITARY and
INHUMANE
conditions in the
meat-packing
industry, especially
in Chicago
• TR couldn’t eat meat
for a week after
reading it!
REFORMS AFTER THE JUNGLE
1906 Pure Food and Drug Act
• Outlawed sale of contaminated
foods & medicines, required
truth in labeling
• Created early version of FDA
1906 Meat Inspection Act
• Cleanliness requirements for
meatpackers and created
federal meat inspection system
Modern Muckrakers
Morgan Spurlock
Erik Schlosser/Michael Pollan
Michael Moore