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A journalist who uses their medium to instigate discord, public agitation or political acrimony is called a:

Muckraker
Traitor
Tabloid journalist
Mudslinger

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Answer: A - A muckraker is a journalist (or someone operating under the guise of journalism) who endeavors to cause acrimony or friction in the public discourse. They often publish scandalous information that is either false or intimate in an attempt to discredit or infuriate a government leader or an unelected leader of a popular cause. Theodore Roosevelt coined the term in 1906.

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