Fourth Estate
Example Sentences
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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
With it, however, comes a more uncertain question of what our “mainstream media” really will look like going forward and how the fourth estate will challenge those in power.
From Slate • Aug. 27, 2024
Alex Garland’s powerful war drama is ostensibly a tribute to the fourth estate.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024
It’s easy to tap out of civic engagement, believing there is nothing to be done, and that decline in our democracy and our fourth estate is inevitable, that our story is done.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2023
Rumour-mongers are the original fourth estate, journalists who inform society about and thus protect it from cheats and freeloaders.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
