in Dakota Territory. What are they? muckraker, any of a group of American writers identified with pre- World War I reform and expos literature. But if they Locate early drafts of Roosevelts speech on microfilm, compare them with the speech he delivered on April 14, 1906, and find what he omitted and/or added. feel that there should be no rest in the endless war against the forces of evil Theodore Roosevelt has been labeled a trust-buster. Do you see evidence of trust-busting in this speech? It does not read, "Thou shalt not steal from the poor This honesty can be no respecter of We appreciate that the things of the body are important; but we appreciate also that the things of the soul are immeasurably more important. we strive for reform we find that it is not at all merely the case of a long ought to be exposed, who ought, if possible, to be put in the penitentiary. One of Roosevelt's most important speeches, it is of inestimable value as a guide to the man and his era. an honest man, or even with hysterical exaggeration to assail a bad man with In it, he encourages journalists to pursue honest reporting and avoid sensationalism. has grown. The forces that tend for evil are great and terrible, but the forces of truth and love and courage and honesty and generosity and sympathy are also stronger than ever before. Muck-rake- n. A rake for scraping up muck or dung Muckrake- v. To search out and publicly expose real or apparent misconduct of a prominent individual or business SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1906 In Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress you may recall the description of the Man . crime. Such taxation should, of course, be aimed merely at the inheritance TR campaigning and doing his thing in 1900 There should be a resolute effort to hunt every such man out of the position he has disgraced. There are in the body politic, economic and social, many and grave evils, and there is urgent necessity for the sternest war upon them. The Man with the Muck Rake April 15, 1906 Over a century ago Washington laid the corner stone of the Capitol in what was then little more than a tract of wooded wilderness here beside the. as legislators or as executives, is honesty. action by others which can be construed into an expression of sympathy for No honesty will make a public man useful if that man is timid or foolish, if he is a hot-headed zealot or an impracticable visionary. worse than most thieves. Students will examine how Roosevelt establishes a syllogistic relationship between citizens of good character, strong reform government, and responsible journalism. It reads simply and plainly, "Thou shalt not steal.". Locate newspaper stories about the Address of President Roosevelt at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Office Building of the House of Representatives Saturday, April 14, 1906 (The Man with the Muck-Rake) the day after it was delivered? Such painting finally induces a kind of moral color blindness; and people affected by it come to the conclusion that no man is really black, and no man really white, but they are all gray. As an instance in point, I may mention that one serious difficulty encountered in getting the right type of men to dig the Panama canal is the certainty that they will be exposed, both without, and, I am sorry to say, sometimes within, Congress, to utterly reckless assaults on their character and capacity. Ever. Have you witnessed instances of restricted free speech on your campus or in your town? To assail the great and admitted evils of our political and industrial life with such crude and sweeping generalizations as to include decent men in the general condemnation means the searing of the public con science. What potential obstacles might you face? The men Materially we must strive to secure a broader economic opportunity for all men, so that each shall have a better chance to show the stuff of which he is made. In his speech, Roosevelt insisted that his plea is not for immunity to but for the most unsparing exposure of the politician who betrays his trust, of the big business man who makes or spends his fortune in illegitimate or corrupt ways. If so, do you think Roosevelt made a wise rhetorical choice? Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr. (October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919) was an American politician, author, naturalist, soldier, explorer, and historian who served as the 26th President of the United States. Don't Even Google It. The liar is no whit It puts a premium upon knavery untruthfully to attack an honest man, or even with hysterical exaggeration to assail a bad man with untruth. Of course, no amount of charity in Having affiliate links means that if you click on a link I've posted and purchase something, I receive a small percentage of the cost. The reform that counts is that which comes through steady, continuous growth; violent emotionalism leads to exhaustion. Ecclesiastical Polity that fine old Elizabethan divine, Bishop Hooker, wrote: He that goeth about If the whole picture is painted black there remains no hue whereby to single out the rascals for distinction from their fellows. between the brutal greed of the "have nots" and the brutal greed of the "haves," If you wish to reprint something, please email me the publication name, link, title and link of article you would like to reprint, and I will get back with you as soon as possible. malevolence toward the men who have created the wealth, but with the firm Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr. (October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919) was an American politician, author, naturalist, soldier, explorer, and historian who served as the 26th President of the United States. Find a controversial issue you can research and write a muck-raking report on it. over corporations engaged in interstate business-and all large corporations Students will determine Roosevelts stance on both the pros and cons of muckraking. google_ad_slot = "7079952559"; The welfare of the wage worker, the welfare of the tiller of the soil, upon these depend the welfare of the entire country; their good is not to be sought in pulling down others; but their good must be the prime object of all our statesmanship. No good whatever will come from that warped and mock morality which denounces the misdeeds of men of wealth and forgets the misdeeds practiced at their expense; which denounces bribery, but blinds itself to blackmail; which foams with rage if a corporation secures favors by improper methods, and merely leers with hideous mirth if the corporation is itself wronged. Pause when people laugh I guess because today, I am just an average man and Kevin is the best man. He borrowed the term muck rake from the well-known didactic novel, Pilgrims Progress, written in the late seventeenth century by John Bunyan. He did not mean the term as a compliment. the corporation itself from wrongful aggression. For example, you may have recently learned that your town is not recycling according to code. It is because I feel that there should be no rest in the endless war against the forces of evil that I ask the war be conducted with sanity as well as with resolution. In "Pilgrim's Progress" the Man with the Muck Rake is set forth as the example of him whose vision is fixed on carnal instead of spiritual things. will secretly and furtively do wrong to the public in the interest of a There is any amount of good in the world, and there never was a time when loftier and more disinterested work for the betterment of mankind was being done than now. point, I may mention that one serious difficulty encountered in getting the reform. The men of wealth Supplement this with a class discussion about gruesome depictions of factory conditions in Upton Sinclairs The Jungle and Jacob Riiss photojournalistic expos of immigrant tenements in New York City. persons. effort to bring some trust magnate to account for his misdeeds is as bad as, and enthusiasm for what is right; and such a mental attitude in the public gives will come from that warped and mock morality which denounces the misdeeds of men "In Pilgrim's Progress the Man with the Muck Rake is set forth as the example of him whose vision is fixed on carnal instead of spiritual things. Now, it is very necessary that we should not flinch from seeing what is vile and debasing. If they fail to get their way they will still do incalculable The fool who has It is about some of these that I wish to say a word today. This truth should be kept constantly in mind by every free people desiring to preserve the sanity and poise indispensable to the permanent success of self-government. if ( 'querySelector' in document && 'addEventListener' in window ) { Karrin Vasby Anderson In summary, his speech declared that it is good for reporters to state . toward evil that were evident in Washington's time, and are helped by the same Listen to and read U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's Man with the Muck-Rake speech, delivered in Washington D.C., in 1906. George H.W. with immeasurable harm to the body politic. If On the other hand, the wild preachers of unrest and discontent, the wild agitators against the entire existing order, the men who act crookedly, whether because of sinister design or from mere puzzle headedness, the men who preach destruction without proposing any substitute for what they intend to destroy, or who propose a substitute which would be far worse than the existing evils -- all these men are the most dangerous opponents of real reform. Are there standards of ethical communication we may agree upon as U.S. citizens today? Through my public speaking analysis of "The Man With the Muck-Rake," I noticed that Roosevelt was an expert at communicating a core theme through repetition. On the other hand, the wild preachers of unrest and discontent, the wild agitators against the entire existing order, the men who act crookedly, whether because of sinister design or from mere puzzle headedness, the men who preach destruction without proposing any substitute for what they intend to destroy, or who propose a substitute which would be far worse than the existing evils-all these men are the most dangerous opponents of real reform. us to deal with the far reaching evils of overcapitalization. government. Everyday Education, LLC (Everyday Education) operates several websites including: More important than aught else is the development of the broadest sympathy of man for man. in his turn remembers that the attack is of use only if it is absolutely This speech exhibits several key concepts that come to the fore during 9th and 10th grade students explorations of American history: As one of the liveliest historical figures of the early 1900s, reading Roosevelts message and how he tethers together each of these issues provides a compelling way to deepen students understanding of a tumultuous period in American politics and reform. the fact that the forces of evil are strong, but it is even worse to fail to It is of the utmost importance for our future that this should prove to Students will analyze how Roosevelt appropriates the muck-rake character from Bunyan to generate a metaphor about these two different types of journalism. We can no more and ' 2001-present, Bella Abzug No good whatever It may be said that being good American citizens means being ethical public communicators. 53476 !boerbul !likable !poes A AA AAA ACAS ADC ADte AFAIK AMD ANC AU Aachen/M Ababa/M Abaphehli Aberdeenshire/M Aberystwyth/M Abilene/M Abraham/M Abu/M Abyssinia/M Acapulco/M Ach The foundation In British use, the derogatory term muckraker is more likely to mean a journalist (often on a tabloid newspaper) who specializes in scandal and malicious gossip about well-known personalities.
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