minus-squarejoby@programming.devtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•Not AskinglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69·7 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Estate Just like within actual government there’s supposed to be balance of power between different branches or houses, there’s this idea that the role of the press is to hold governments accountable. (More of an ELI12, but that’s the gist of the idea) linkfedilink
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Estate
Just like within actual government there’s supposed to be balance of power between different branches or houses, there’s this idea that the role of the press is to hold governments accountable.
(More of an ELI12, but that’s the gist of the idea)