Fourth Estate
Example Sentences
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His film envisions the Fourth Estate as a check on extremism and authoritarianism.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2024
It’s an open-and-shut case of bias by omission from the Fourth Estate: If you don’t see it and can’t read it, it doesn’t exist.
From Washington Times • Sep. 4, 2023
The California Journalism Awards, announced on May 25, highlighted the best reporting across the state, the brightest stars of the Fourth Estate.
From Seattle Times • May 31, 2023
Are we, the Fourth Estate, speaking truth to power and helping the public to make informed decisions?
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2023
Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporters’ Gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate more important far than they all.
From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas
