Watchdog journalism
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Watchdog journalism is a form of investigative journalism in which journalists, authors or publishers of a news publication fact-check and interview political and public figures to increase accountabi
Bob Woodward, the investigative journalist of The Washington Post
Carl Bernstein, the investigative journalist of The Washington Post
Fourth estate
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The term Fourth Estate or fourth power refers to the press and news media in their explicit capacity, beyond the reporting of news, of wielding influence in politics. The derivation of the term arises
Watchdog journalism
…journalists in that they report from an independent, nongovernmental perspective. Due to watchdog journalism's unique features, it also often works as the fourth estate. The general issues, topics, or scandals that watchdog journalists cover are political corruption and any wrongdoing of people in power such as government…
Since 1803 in the British House of Commons places in the public gallery (top left) have been reserved for journalists
Il quarto stato (1901): a march of strikers in Turin, Italy
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