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
Rather remained adamant, even through reputational degradation, that the real threat to journalism wasn’t liberal bias or declining ratings, but the corrosive takeover of the fourth estate by corporate and ideological power.
From Salon • Oct. 6, 2025
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
This metropolis of the fourth estate occupies a romantic site on the south side of the avenue and the north bank of the lake.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 by Various
