Pros And Cons Of Muckraking

Over the past years, millions of dollars were cut from Florida State Mental Hospitals, causing deaths and severe injuries in patients and nurses, and the public had no idea about it. The patients sent to these hospitals are seriously ill and dangerous, they needed better care than what they were getting, but the hospitals couldn’t afford better, as their budgets had been cut, (Anton et al. “Deep”). The lack of funding caused deaths and injuries of both patients and staff. Then in 2015, modern muckraker Leonora LaPeter Anton, published a series of articles shedding a new light on the topic alerting the unsuspecting public. Muckraking still does exist in 2016, as documented in the article written by Leonora LaPeter Anton, Insane. Invisible. In danger. (“Leonora”).
Leonora LaPeter Anton was the muckraker is this investigation, with the help of Michael Braga and Andrew Cormier. Anton has been a reporter in Florida for the past 25 years, but she did not grow up in Florida. While working as an investigative journalist Anton has worked at the following establishments, Okeechobee News, Island Packet, Savannah Morning News, Tallahassee Democrat, and Tampa Bay Times. Michael Braga has been an investigative reporter for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune for the last 14
With the help of Braga and Cormier, Anton spent 18 months researching and compiling data and evidence. Anton sorted through government files, and police records to get what she needed. (“Leonora”) In the articles Anton exposed how the cuts cost lives, how the buildings were understaffed, and the staff members were not trained properly. Anton caused laws to be passed getting more workers, and better security in the hospitals. Anton provided a clear example of how, muckraking still does exist in 2016, as documented in the article written by Leonora Anton, Insane. Invisible. In