the fourth estate

An array of factors led to this low estimation of the Fourth Estate, but the death of local journalism is close to the top of the list.

Meanwhile, the Fourth Estate has failed spectacularly, with reporters fired, lawsuits settled and apologies made that should never have been made.

In a democracy, the news media in its role as the Fourth Estate has the responsibility of sounding the alarm, telling the truth and holding power to account.

The news media and free press are supposed to function as the Fourth Estate and the guardians of democracy.

He then lists the latest insults against the Fourth Estate: The Pentagon reassigned offices previously held by NBC, CNN, Politico and the New York Times to the likes of Breitbart.