Muckraker is the corrupt politicians favorite accusation. Leveling the accusation is a politicians first defense when he gets caught doing something dirty. The second defense is to swear that his or her conduct was hardly unethical when indisputable facts begin to surface. Politicians define ethical for their own protection. Ethical usually means finding the right words to justify every foul thing they do.
To be called a muckraker is a compliment when the facts support exposing misconduct in public life.
Theres been enough muck to rake in the past five years to make rake manufacturers billionaires, and thats only for raking 10 percent of the muck burying the nations capital. Forget about rakes. There is so much misconduct in Washington a fleet of earth-movers would be hard-pressed digging out from under the corruption.
One definition of the word muck says Something filthy or disgusting. Beginning with the Nigerian Yellow Cake story, media coverage from start to Scooter Libbys conviction was so slanted against the Bush White House, especially Dick Chaney, it can only be called media muck. Media coverage of the Valerie Plame fiasco was muck as filthy and disgusting as anything the government ever got up to:
Heres a very brief summary of events for anyone not familiar with the travesty:
To be called a muckraker is a compliment when the facts support exposing misconduct in public life.
muckrake
To search for and expose misconduct in public life.
Theres been enough muck to rake in the past five years to make rake manufacturers billionaires, and thats only for raking 10 percent of the muck burying the nations capital. Forget about rakes. There is so much misconduct in Washington a fleet of earth-movers would be hard-pressed digging out from under the corruption.
One definition of the word muck says Something filthy or disgusting. Beginning with the Nigerian Yellow Cake story, media coverage from start to Scooter Libbys conviction was so slanted against the Bush White House, especially Dick Chaney, it can only be called media muck. Media coverage of the Valerie Plame fiasco was muck as filthy and disgusting as anything the government ever got up to:
January 11, 2014
Proof that the Plame case was a hoax
Clarice Feldman
Blog: Proof that the Plame case was a hoax
Heres a very brief summary of events for anyone not familiar with the travesty:
The Valerie Plame case: The man who was appointed to appoint Patrick Fitzgerald Special Counsel
Thomas Barton, Investigative Reporter
The Valerie Plame case: The man who was appointed to appoint Patrick*Fitzgerald "Special Counsel" «