MattRaking – A Definition
Some people have asked me what Matt-racking or Matt-Tracking mean. It is neither of those. It is a play on the word Muckraker.
A muckraker is a journalist, author or filmmaker who investigates and exposes societal issues such as political corruption, corporate crime, child labor, conditions in slums and prisons, unsanitary conditions in food processing plants, fraudulent claims by manufacturers of patent medicines and similar topics.
Generally, muckraking tends to be targeted at forces in power and the established institution of society, often in a sensationalist and tabloid manner.
The term muckraker is most usually associated with a group of American investigative reporters, novelists and critics from the late 1800s to early 1900s, but also applies to contemporary persons who follow in the tradition of those from that period.