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The term muckraker was used in the Progressive Era to characterize reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt. ... The term is a reference to a character in John Bunyan's classic Pilgrim's Progress, "the Man with the Muck-rake", who rejected salvation to focus on filth.
muckrakers were investigative reporters who wrote about corrupted politics.
another word you could use for them could be journalists.
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