Which statement expresses theodore roosevelt's attitude toward the muckrakers?
a. the work of muckrakers is vital to the continued well-being of all americans.
b. the work of muckrakers serves no other purpose than to sensationalize minor problems.
c. the work of muckrakers does not contribute to the well-being of all americans.
d. the work of muckrakers should be censored because it will harm big business.

The correct option is A

Muckraker is the name by which the semi-organized journalist or group of North American journalists or writers is known who, at the beginning of the 20th century, dedicated themselves to publicly denouncing political corruption, labor exploitation and a series of abuses, immoralities and dirty laundry. characters and institutions of the time. From English, it means 'garbage remover'. It is a journalism opposed to power, an activist movement and underground that is an attempt, strictly professional, to overcome the saturation of information, characterized by standardization and the accumulation of data and make a type of journalism aimed at provoking a response.

four sitting presidents have been assassinated while in office but the first was abraham lincoln,

in the united states, the president is controlled by the

constitution, and in all respects subordinate to it. insofar

as it deals with presidential power, however, the american

constitution has proved to be a highly malleable document.

with very few exceptions,' the constitutional provisions relating to the president have not been changed at all since

they were ratified in 1787. but in the late twentieth century, those provisions do not mean what they meant in

1787. the constitution is a legal document, and it is enforced judicially; but its meaning was hardly fixed when it

was ratified. in particular, the contemporary president has

far broader powers than the original constitution contemplated. it is remarkable but true that large-scale changes in

the authority of the president have been brought about

without changes in the constitutional text, but nevertheless

without significant illegality.

this is a paradox. is it not clear that constitutional

changes, if not textual, are illegal? the paradox has considerable relevance to our current thinking about the presidency in particular and about constitutionalism in general.

perhaps the framers of the american constitution feared

legislative power most of all; 2 but from well-known events

in the twentieth century, it is possible to conclude that it is

presidential power that holds out the greatest risks to both

liberty and democracy. the president is by far the most visible leader in the nation; he is often the only person in government with a national constituency. moreover, he is