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What is MUCK RACK? Following a group of conservative people i know. Looks leftist. Organized opposition??www.muckrack.com
06.18.21 | Soup

Posted on 06/18/2021 5:05:08 PM PDT by Chickensoup

What is MUCK RACK? Following a group of conservative people i know. Looks leftist. Organized opposition??

www.muckrack.com


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What is MUCK RACK? Following a group of people i know. Looks leftist. Organized opposition??

www.muckrack.com

1 posted on 06/18/2021 5:05:08 PM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: Chickensoup

If I remember correctly, muck-racker was a derogatory term for questionable reporters.


2 posted on 06/18/2021 5:11:35 PM PDT by Shoefus
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To: Chickensoup

I don’t know.
I’m sitting out at my fire-pit
enjoying the last hour of daylight
listening to the Braves game on the radio.
Braves 5 Cardinals 1; top of the 3rd...


3 posted on 06/18/2021 5:17:33 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: Chickensoup

Looks like it is like a “Linkedin” for reporters and PR folks. Where you can build portfolios and such to show off your wares.


4 posted on 06/18/2021 5:21:56 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Shoefus

Yes that is a muck Rackers. I have heard they are connected to the Gates.


5 posted on 06/18/2021 5:22:49 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Openurmind

But there is also a news points download.

And a shared database.


6 posted on 06/18/2021 5:24:13 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Chickensoup

Yes, I saw that too. They probably censor too... lol


7 posted on 06/18/2021 5:26:05 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Chickensoup

Probably the daily organization of “talking points” so that everyone doesn’t stray. lol


8 posted on 06/18/2021 5:28:39 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Chickensoup

It is as noted previously a professional site for people writing articles and maintain an online curation of their work.

the site tracks the popularity of the articles across the internet.


9 posted on 06/18/2021 5:30:56 PM PDT by lonestar67 (America is exceptional)
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Why don't you just read their about page?

Muck Rack About Page

Find the right journalists for your story, send customized pitches, collaborate with your team, and quantify your impact with Muck Rack, the powerful, easy-to-use PR software platform. Muck Rack enables you to discover the best journalists to pitch on any story based on their profiles in our extensive media database, or through our comprehensive search engine covering the articles they’ve written and the content they share on social media.

Build precisely-targeted media lists that are automatically kept up-to-date, saving you from the burden of legacy media databases or manually-updated spreadsheets. Measure your impact with Muck Rack’s reporting and graphing features. Used globally by Fortune 500 companies, brands and agencies as an essential component of their communications strategy, Muck Rack enables the public relations professionals to accomplish more and prove their impact.

More at the link.

10 posted on 06/18/2021 5:31:17 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Shoefus
Derived from Muckraker.

Why did they chose "Rack"?

11 posted on 06/18/2021 5:31:35 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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“Used globally by Fortune 500 companies, brands and agencies as an essential component of their communications strategy.”

Sounds like organization of narratives.


12 posted on 06/18/2021 5:39:44 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Deaf Smith

Exactly. A muck raker was someone who had to rake up animal poo, especially horse turds and bedding, before the automobile era.

They were muck rakers, not rackers.


13 posted on 06/18/2021 5:41:36 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! ("You, the American people, are my only special interest." --President Donald J. Trump)
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To: Robert DeLong; SunkenCiv; governsleastgovernsbest; Red Badger

Oh! And here I was, not thinking that today’s epic, record-setting, freshly-graduated, all-knew and all-knowing “journalists” didn’t go seek out people “looking to promote their story” and “make pitches” (for their version of the story!

(By the way, the lead 20 words of this story are near useless.)


14 posted on 06/18/2021 5:45:11 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: Openurmind; Chickensoup

Most people would be surprised by how much of what they read in the papers was copy/pasted from press releases from interested parties.

Reporters are called upon to report about lots of events, which they know little about. Reporters rely upon a contact-list of people who can help them sound knowledgeable about various subjects. These helpful people are very often either the target of the story, or the opponents of the target of the story. The tone of the story will depend on which side supplied the “helpful” advice to the reporter.


15 posted on 06/18/2021 5:46:34 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: Alas Babylon!
I think I understand now.

To rake up muck was to stir up sh**.

One's Rack of Muck is to: Acummulate or achieve something, typically a score or amount.

The site may be to show off one's resume of stirring up sh**.

Very Leftist.

16 posted on 06/18/2021 5:52:53 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: PapaBear3625

Thanks... :)


17 posted on 06/18/2021 5:56:34 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Deaf Smith

Easy answer. They are reporters and they know nothing about anything.


18 posted on 06/18/2021 6:00:16 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: Celerity

Lol...


19 posted on 06/18/2021 6:08:54 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Chickensoup

It’s a site where you can get “impartial journalists” to shill for you behind the respectability of the First Amendment and the old Hollywood image of reporters as public servants.

It’s a PR whorehouse.


20 posted on 06/18/2021 6:23:34 PM PDT by M1911A1 (Drain The Swamp)
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