muckraker
a person who creates a scandal
TRANSLATION
muckraker = der Skandalmacher muck = Dung, Dreck, Schmutz rake = harken; einheimsen
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Interview with Greg Palast, MUCKRAKER Extraordinaire
As all but the hopelessly naive know, lies and half-truths are part of the daily routine of politics. Yet as all but the most stubbornly cynical also know, it is sometimes possible to cut through the layers of deception and misdirection to get the truth and give the public a much-needed view of who is trying to control the political game.
John Brady in The Observer newspaper
As all but the hopelessly naive know, lies and half-truths are part of the daily routine of politics. Yet as all but the most stubbornly cynical also know, it is sometimes possible to cut through the layers of deception and misdirection to get the truth and give the public a much-needed view of who is trying to control the political game.
John Brady in The Observer newspaper
Did you
know?
muckraker
noun
- a person who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)
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ORIGIN
From the man with the muckrake, a tool for raking muck, who cannot look up to heaven because he is so obsessed with the muck of worldly profit, in "Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan.
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USES OF "MUCK"
The root word "muck has quite a few interesting applications:
to muck about = herumalbern, herumblödeln
to muck so. about = jmdn. hinhalten; mit jmdm machen, was man will: jmdn. verarschen
to muck about with sth. = an etw. herumfummeln, jmdn. an der Nase herumführen, jmdn. an der Nase herumführen
to muck in [Brit.] = mit anpacken
to make a muck of sth. = etw. verpfuschen
to muck things about = alles durcheinander bringen
dog's muck = der Hundedreck
Lord Muck [Brit.] = Graf Koks
muck hill = der Dreckhaufen; der Misthaufen
muck-rake = die Mistgabel
noun
- a person who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)
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ORIGIN
From the man with the muckrake, a tool for raking muck, who cannot look up to heaven because he is so obsessed with the muck of worldly profit, in "Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan.
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USES OF "MUCK"
The root word "muck has quite a few interesting applications:
to muck about = herumalbern, herumblödeln
to muck so. about = jmdn. hinhalten; mit jmdm machen, was man will: jmdn. verarschen
to muck about with sth. = an etw. herumfummeln, jmdn. an der Nase herumführen, jmdn. an der Nase herumführen
to muck in [Brit.] = mit anpacken
to make a muck of sth. = etw. verpfuschen
to muck things about = alles durcheinander bringen
dog's muck = der Hundedreck
Lord Muck [Brit.] = Graf Koks
muck hill = der Dreckhaufen; der Misthaufen
muck-rake = die Mistgabel
