The “Fourth Estate” describes the journalists’ role in representing the interests of “the people” in relation to the business and political elites who claim to be doing things in our names.
In a capitalist society the public and national interest are divided along class lines. In this context, the national interest is about state secrecy and keeping things from us. On the other hand, the public interest is about disclosure and our right to know. As citizens we are “the people”.
In this respect the reputation of the UK media, especially the press, has never been lower.
British trust in and approval of the news media overall is relatively low compared to other countries — and trust and use vary significantly based on people’s ideology.
This is then exacerbated by the bias and power held by individuals in media organisations who do not have the public interest at heart but their own ideological sympathies. These individuals then become a fluid entity between those they are supposed to be holding to account and the power brokers who regularly pluck them in to that very chamber of governance. Whereas we should have confidence in these people to expose the things the governance desire remains hidden this is now virtually impossible, as explained below.
Jason Cridland
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