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John D. Rockefeller was not considered a muckraker. He was a powerful figure in the oil industry and known for his business practices and the creation of the Standard Oil Company. Muckrakers were investigative journalists who exposed corruption and societal issues in the early 20th century.
Ida Tarbell, a muckraking journalist, described Standard Oil as a monopoly that engaged in unethical and anti-competitive practices to control the oil industry. She exposed the company's use of predatory tactics to dominate the market, leading to public outrage and eventually the breakup of Standard Oil.
Ida Tarbell was a muckraker who went into the standard oil company and exposed the monopolies that John D. Rockefeller had illegally created
Ida Tarbell wrote about the Standard Oil Company in her book, "The History of the Standard Oil Company," which exposed the company's business practices and monopolistic tendencies, contributing to the public outcry that led to the breakup of the company.
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Ida Tarbell was a muckraker who wrote a series of articles exposing the ruthless practices of the Standard Oil Company.
Ida Tarbell, an investigative journalist and muckraker, exposed the cutthroat methods used by Standard Oil to eliminate competition in her series of articles published in McClure's Magazine in the early 20th century. She played a key role in shaping public opinion and ultimately contributing to the breakup of Standard Oil's monopoly.
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She presented evidence about unethical business practices. Other journalists called muckrakers did similar things, leading to a lot of business reform in the 1920s.
Ida Tarbell was the journalist who exposed Standard Oil as a monopoly.