Theodore Roosevelt compared members of this group to a character from Pilgrim's Progress who only looks downward to sweep filth on the floor.
A member of this group, David Graham Phillips, wrote the articles "The Treason of the Senate," which helped inspire the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment. Theodore Roosevelt compared members of this group to a character from Pilgrim's Progress who only looks downward to sweep filth on the floor. Members of this group included Jacob Riis (REES), Lincoln Steffens, and Ida Tarbell. For 10 points, name this group of investigative journalists who exposed American political corruption at the beginning of the twentieth century.
A member of this group, David Graham Phillips, wrote the articles "The Treason of the Senate," which helped inspire the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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