Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair was an American author who wrote close to one hundred books in many different genres. He gained popularity in 1906; mainly for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle. The book exposed conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. This caused a public uprising that lead to the passing of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection. In 1919, he published The Brass Check, an exposé of American journalism that brought the issue of yellow journalism and the limitations of “free press” in the U.S to light. The publication of The Brass Check lead to the first code of ethics for journalists was created. Time magazine called him "a man with every gift except humor and silence.” In 1943, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
This video explains what the Jungle is and how Upton Sinclair reformed the Meat Industry.
This cartoons displays displayes how Teddy Roosevelt didn't like the Muckrakers and Upton Sinclair's involvement in the Meat Industry