the fourth estate
Example Sentences
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This view hinges on a low opinion of democracy and the fourth estate that has, to some extent, been borne out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Clooney said he wanted to make a movie to let people hear some “really well-written words about the fourth estate again.”
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2024
This live show is part of Slate’s Full Court Press coverage, a provocation for the fourth estate to hold the third branch of government to account.
From Slate ● May 27, 2023
It is a great personal and existential challenge for the fourth estate and the political class to acknowledge the unsettling new reality.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2021
It was a revolt of the fourth estate against the privileges of the third, as the first revolution was a revolt of the third against the privileges of the other two.
From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John
