Muckraking, a term coined in 1906 by Teddy Roosevelt to describe journalists exposing the corruption of the barons of industry, has been a rich tradition for the free press for over a century – serving to put forth ideas and truths that may upset those in power or offend the establishment. This week on From the Vault we pay homage to Pacifica Radio’s rich muckraking legacy, starting with Upton Sinclair’s fiery 1962 address, Changing America, recorded at Pomona College in southern California, then turning to a 1989 forum entitled “The Art of Muckraking,†featuring stand-out investigative (and muckraking!) journalists of the day, including Christopher Hitchens, Mark Hertsgaard, Jessica Mitford, and Robert Scheer.
From the Vault is presented through the Pacifica Radio Archives Preservation and Access Project, funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, past grants from the Grammy Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the American Archive funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, along with the generous support of Pacifica Radio Listeners.
This episode was first broadcast on Friday, January 20th, 2012.
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