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fourth estate (forth i-STAYT) noun
Journalistic profession, the press. [Supposedly, a power other than the three estates (the Lords Spiritual, the Lords Temporal, and the House of Commons) in UK.] "According to Akre, reporters see the case as `too inside baseball' - media code for the unwritten rule that news organizations avoid writing about themselves or the industry. It's the crux of the crisis in the Fourth Estate: no one is watching the watchdogs." Fox Guilty of Playing Chicken, Adbusters Magazine (Vancouver, Canada), March/April 2001. ............................................................................ Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. --English Proverb What to give to those who have everything? Give the gift of words. Here is a gift that keeps on giving. To enter a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day, please visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html or ask them to subscribe themselves at http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/fourth_estate.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/fourth_estate.ram
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