What the Heck is a Muckraker?!
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Someone who rakes muck?
I don't know.
In my first few days here before I myself became a member, I thought that there were just an awfully large ammount of actual paperboys that visited the site.
I don't know.
In my first few days here before I myself became a member, I thought that there were just an awfully large ammount of actual paperboys that visited the site.
Muckraker is a term associated with a group of American investigative reporters, novelists, and critics from the late 1800s to early 1900s, who investigated and exposed societal issues such as conditions in slums and prisons, factories, insane asylums (as they were called at the time), sweatshops, mines, child labor and unsanitary conditions in food processing plants. The term muckraker now also applies to contemporary persons who follow in the tradition of that period, and now covers topics such as fraudulent claims by manufacturers of patent medicines, modern-day slavery, child prostitution, child pornography, and drug trafficking.(Wikipeida).
Seems all the names the Escapist uses are journalism based. Beat Writer, Muckraker, ect ect.
Seems all the names the Escapist uses are journalism based. Beat Writer, Muckraker, ect ect.
People that thought they were really good writers.hypothetical fact said:
I have no idea what I thought Gone Gonzo members were.
What he said, plus the term was coined by Teddy Roosevelt.Brockyman said:
*addendum* Also, they were called muckrakers because they exposed corruption, but they proposed no solutions to it; they simply pushed around the muck of society.
I'd say nowadays its the kind of journo who stakes out a celeb that's got on the wrong side of their particular boss, paper, or TV station, and camps out watching them in the hope that they hire a hooker, meet a mistress, or score some drugs, or do a hit and run, or the like.
Then a few weeks later they end up going with a front page like 'Planet destroying Tom Hanks in unsorted recycling scandal!' because they found a plastic lid in his cardboard bin.
Then a few weeks later they end up going with a front page like 'Planet destroying Tom Hanks in unsorted recycling scandal!' because they found a plastic lid in his cardboard bin.
I've always pictured it being something like the Poopsmith [http://www.homestarrunner.com/vcr_poop.html].
I suppose it's not far off, though I think I'm getting it confused with the phrase "If you throw enough mud, some will stick" and thinking of tabloid journalism.
Anyway I can admit I was relieved when my post count changed for that particular title, although the term "Gonzo Porn" will have me watching my post count carefully as nears 1000...
I know that's not what 'Gone Gonzo' means, but it was the first thing that I though of when I read that title, even though I'd only heard the term & didn't know what it meant. I though it was something sick to do with Muppets.
I suppose it's not far off, though I think I'm getting it confused with the phrase "If you throw enough mud, some will stick" and thinking of tabloid journalism.
Anyway I can admit I was relieved when my post count changed for that particular title, although the term "Gonzo Porn" will have me watching my post count carefully as nears 1000...
I know that's not what 'Gone Gonzo' means, but it was the first thing that I though of when I read that title, even though I'd only heard the term & didn't know what it meant. I though it was something sick to do with Muppets.
One of the more famous examples of muckracking was The Jungle, a book written in the early 1900s about the meat packing industry. It showed the industry as corrupt and disgusting. One particular part, although very exagerated, that stood out for people was that the book told of workers falling into the grinders and being mixed with all the other meat. Real or not, people weren't happy. This convinced the government to pass some new laws to clean up the industry.Brockyman said:
Ya know, I do believe there were dark-elf muckrakers in Morrowind at least. Like, muck farmers... who farm muck.... possibly with rakes.Jamash said: