to search for and expose corruption, scandal, or the like, esp. Why or why not? nothing more distressing to every good patriot, to every good American, than the One of the chief counts against those who make indiscriminate assault upon men in business or men in public life is that they invite a reaction which is sure to tell powerfully in favor of the unscrupulous scoundrel who really ought to be attacked, who ought to be exposed, who ought, if possible, to be put in the penitentiary. There is filth on the floor, and it must be scraped up with the muck rake; and there are times and places where this service is the most needed of all the services that can be performed. oscillations such excitement invariably produces, yet a sodden acquiescence in I hail as a benefactor every writer or speaker, every man who, on the platform or in a book, magazine, or newspaper, with merciless severity makes such attack, provided always that he in his turn remembers that the attack is of use only if it is absolutely truthful. In the next room is a spider, whose venom represents the sneaking power of sin. (5 points) Evil man Nonstop lawbreaker Investigative journalist Unfair troublemaker In it, he encourages journalists to pursue honest reporting and avoid sensationalism. Theodore Roosevelt, "The Man with the Muck-Rake," Teaching-Learning The soul of every scoundrel is gladdened whenever an honest man is assailed, or even when a scoundrel is untruthfully assailed. an honest man, or even with hysterical exaggeration to assail a bad man with Audience- Roosevelt walks a fine line between supporting the radical liberal activists and supporting big business. business. military career, publications, hunting and exploration trips, as well as his time The backbone of Teddy Roosevelt's speech is the idea of the Man with the Muck. We now find it necessary to provide by great additional buildings for the business of the government. Expose the crime, and hunt down the criminal; but remember that even in the case of crime, if it is attacked in sensational, lurid, and untruthful fashion, the attack may do more damage to the public mind than the crime itself. In this speech Roosevelt is advising journalists to write honestly and not always muckrake. It puts a premium upon knavery untruthfully to attack Muckraker is the word used to describe any Progressive Era journalist who investigated and publicized social and economic injustices. succeed, in my judgment, in checking the progress of the movement. The work of muckrakers influenced the passage of key legislation that strengthened protections for workers and consumers. with the inevitable inequality of conditions, but the unrest of a resolute and On April 14, 1906, President Roosevelt delivered one of the most monumentally important speeches we have on record today. exercised for or against corporations. If it seeks to
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