"Whoever controls the media controls the mind." (Jim Morrison)
The media "inform, startle, anger, entertain, thrill, but very seldom leave anyone untouched" |
The Fourth Estate is a societal or political force or institution whose influence is not consistently or officially recognized. "Fourth Estate" most commonly refers to the news media; especially print journalism or "The Press". Thomas Carlyle attributed the origin of the term to Edmund Burke, who used it in a parliamentary debate in 1787 on the opening up of Press reporting of the House of Commons of Great Britain. The term makes implicit reference to the earlier division of the three Estates of the Realm.
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