The “Fourth Branch of Government” or commonly referred to as the fourth estate can be related directly to the watchdog theory. To recall, the watchdog function is the responsibility for the media to make sure the truth is revealed and to watch over the government and its branches to eliminate corruption. If the fourth estate did not exist, the involvement of society with the government and politics would be significantly less. Without news and media the government would not be able to communicate with the public. The fourth estate keeps a keen eye on any news reports and any change within the news to look out for the public, acting as a democracy.
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