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The term Fourth Estate or fourth power refers to the press and news media in their explicit capacity, beyond the reporting of news, of wielding influence in politics. [1] The derivation of the term arises from the traditional European concept of the three estates of the realm: the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners.
The Fourth Estate is a jargon term for the portions of the United States Department of Defense that are not the military Services [1] including: the Defense Acquisition University; the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) the Defense Health Agency (DHA)
Due to watchdog journalism's unique features, it also often works as the fourth estate. [4] The general issues, topics, or scandals that watchdog journalists cover are political corruption and any wrongdoing of people in power such as government officials or corporation executives. [citation needed]
And they really were a branch of the government —they called them the Fourth Estate, meaning the fourth branch of the government. It arose by accident. Now about 95% of [newspapers are] going to ...
This is a tragic development on many levels–even for those who don’t buy into the standard civic arguments for the Fourth Estate. A free press is vital for one very practical reason: It helps ...
And they really were a branch of the government — they called them the Fourth Estate, meaning the fourth branch of the government. It arose by accident. Now about 95% of [newspapers are] going ...
Such groups can include the press (akin to the European 'Fourth Estate'), the people (in sum or as grand juries), and interest groups. The independent administrative agencies of the United States government, while technically part of any one of the three branches, may also be referred to as a ‘fourth branch’.
the first estate of prelates (bishops and abbots) the second estate of lairds (dukes, earls, parliamentary peers (after 1437) and lay tenants-in-chief) the third estate of burgh commissioners (representatives chosen by the royal burghs) The First Estate was overthrown during the Glorious Revolution and the accession of William III. [17]