试析美国黑幕揭发运动衰落的原因

20世纪初一批新闻记、学家在美国发动了一场专事揭露社会黑暗的黑幕揭发运动。这场运动持续十多年,且与当时的进步改革有直接的因果关系。运动最终衰落,其原因有人为的也有客观的、有内在的也有外在的。综合来讲,主要有以下几点：被揭露的阴谋压制、广告制约、法律威胁以及一战的爆发和读的冷漠等。

On the Decline of the Muckrake Movement during the American Progressive Era

During the first decade of the 20th century,a group of magazine journalists and novelists etc.,nick- named as the muckrakers, tried to expose the dark side of the American society,which educated the American people about the widespread corruption that had attended the growth of industrialism. The muckrakers have been credited with laying the groundwork for many of the progressive reforms of the day. The Muckrake Movement came to a halt about before the First World War. According to the author, the factors that led to the demise of muckraking were complex and subtle,which could be summed up as the following ones:the conspiracy by the "interests" that the muckrakers had exposed; advertising boycott; the potential libel lawsuit and the outbreak of the War as well as the readers'disgust.