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Define the terms yellow journalism and muckrakers?

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''Yellow Jurnalitism'' : When a newspaper company exaggerarates or just simpaly makes lies about things to make their news papaer more popular

''Muckrakers'':A muckraker seeks to expose corruption of businesses or http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Government to the public. The term originates with writers of the http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Progressive_movement within the United States who wanted to expose corruption and scandals in government and business. Muckrakers often wrote about the wretchedness of urban life and poverty, and against the established institutions of society, such as big business
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