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. 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.
I’d be happy if they started reporting on it with the urgency that they should.
I remember the news flying a helicopter trying to find BLM riots/destruction of property of any kind. They were desperate to find any action (and they couldn’t find any where they were).
Where was that coverage when Elon Musk’s goons illegally invaded and seized control of federal buildings. Where is that urgency as the constitution is being thrown in the trash.
There was less urgency on Jan 6th!
If corporate news is recording all of this, it’s zoomed in on their asses with an Instagram filter on.
Their political influence is bought and paid for.
The most progressive by-the-book journalist in any corporate news stockade is going to be bent into shape as a regime-supporting centrist or they’ll be out of a job. It’s that simple.
With the job market like it is, and AI being close enough for dipshits not to notice, they’re frozen in fear and can’t bring themselves to write anything that won’t be misinterpreted as normalization of fascism.