The most illuminating aspect of Doris Kearns Goodwins The Bully Pulpit is the spotlight it shines on the muckraking journalism of the early 20th century, particularly as practiced by a monthly magazine called McClure’s. There, writers such as Ida Tarbell, Ray Baker, and Lincoln Steffens held the feet of the powerful to the fire. In one landmark issue, January 1903, articles by all three were featured, including the third installment of Tarbell’s 12-part exposé of Standard Oil and Baker’s counterintuitive, sympathetic portrait of coal miners, whose dire circumstances had forced them to cross picket lines. #longreads blog.longreads/2014/01/05/how-one-magazine-helped-shape-investigative-journalism-in-america/
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