> So again, I ask: what is your concrete alternative to Fourth Estate? Sorry, you think the choice is between people doing their own research or having a 4th e

> So again, I ask: what is your concrete alternative to Fourth Estate? Sorry, you think the choice is between people doing their own research or having a 4th estate? How odd. I don't know if I've ever met anyone with such a binary. To be as clear as I possibly can, though I did already answer this: doing your own research and having actual journalism exist are not mutually exclusive things. They go very well together. However, as the quality of media falls, the necessity to do your own research to get an accurate worldview increases.