> Used to be that newspapers were the fourth estate This has never (really) been the case with "mainstream" media. "The media" in common parlance is a farce. H

> Used to be that newspapers were the fourth estate This has never (really) been the case with "mainstream" media. "The media" in common parlance is a farce. Historical news has almost always been agenda driven, and was key to the American revolution, Labor reforms in the US, etc. Those things are not "mainstream media."