On this day in 1906 President Roosevelt made his famous speech labeling as "muckrakers" the new breed of investigative writers -- Ida Tarbell (Standard Oil), Lincoln Steffens (municipal politics), David Graham Phillips (Senate politics), Ray Stannard Baker (treatment of minorities), Samuel Hopkins Adams (patent medicines), Upton Sinclair (his novel The Jungle condemned the meat industry), and others. In his speech, Roosevelt gave full credit to his inspiration ... FULL STORY »
