20世纪初的美国社会曾如此堕落,到处是贪污受贿、尔虞我诈、假冒伪劣。民主制度实际上已经成了徒有其表、名不副实的空壳,有的只是充斥一切的腐败。而把美国从堕落的深渊中拽出来的是一群被称为“扒粪工”的新闻记者。 At the beginning of the 20th century, American society had been so corrupt that it was full of corruption and bribery, intrigues, fake and shoddy. In fact, the democratic system has become an empty shell with its own name and unrealistic truth, while others are full of corruption. What pulled out the United States from the abyss of depravity was a group of journalists who were called “scrapers.”