Introduction : paradoxes of the bastard estate -- 1. Redefining the fourth estate -- 2. The fourth estate : a changing doctrine -- 3. The idealised watchdog estate -- 4. The other estates question the fourth -- 5. Contests to the institutional legitimacy of the fourth estate -- 6. Accepting the ideal -- 7. Testing the ideal -- 8. From reporting to investigating -- 9. Challenging power : reporting in the 1980s -- 10. Reviving the fourth estate -- Appendix -- List of references -- Index
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-292) and index
