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 * 3. Simply double- and triple-checking one's sources and reading between the lines. If one disregards the obvious marketing that is used to hook readers, newspapers may actually prove to be reliable sources of information.**======

5.The term "muckraker" was first used in a speech on April 14, 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt
7. In this News York Times story, Maureen Down demonstrates "Yellow Journalism" as she attempts to suggest that Bob Gates and America are the prime reason we're in a military mess in Afganistan at this time. She states that because we aided and supported Afgans to help them against Soviet aggression decades ago, we actually managed to develop Jihadism. Dowd insists that it's almost fair that we must deal with Afghan/ Pakistani terrorists now, because we helped created them in the first place. Her take on this subject comes across as factual, but in reality, most people know that there are many reasons why Islamic extremists/ terrorists exist. The conflict between Muslims and Jews is just one of many reasons. (Doubts About Certitude, []) 8. This article found on Foxnews.com is an example of mudracking as it talks about how the Goverment Accountability Office is conducting a probe into how the ACORN business is utilizing funds that it received from the Federal Government. The article talks about how ACORN has been shown to be dishonest in the past, with many ties to voter fraud and inappropriate support given to undercover reporters. By exposing ACORN publicly, the article (along with the investigation) may help to destroy ACORN's credibility. (GAO to Investigate ACORN's Use of Federal Funds, [])
 * 6. //The Great American Fraud// by [|Samuel Hopkins Adams] revealed fraudulent claims and endorsements of patent medicines in America. [|Ray Stannard Baker] published //The Right to Work// in McClure's magazine in 1903, about coal mine conditions, a coal strike and the situation of non-striking workers (or scabs) ** [|Lincoln Steffens] published “Tweed Days in St. Louis,” in which he profiled corrupt leaders in St. Louis, in October, 1902, in McClure’s Magazine.